As political tensions escalate, many of America’s largest newspapers are abandoning presidential endorsements, signaling a shift in media neutrality amid concerns over polarization and economic pressures from corporate ownership, Axios reported.

In a departure from tradition, most of America’s most prominent newspapers have refrained from endorsing a candidate in this year’s presidential election. Once a cornerstone of U.S. election cycles, these endorsements have dwindled in recent years, with many media outlets citing concerns about intensifying political divisions and potential backlash from readers and advertisers.

This shift follows former President Donald Trump’s receiving only two major newspaper endorsements from publications owned by allies, the New York Post and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In contrast, during previous cycles, Trump garnered as many as seven endorsements from prominent outlets, including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Boston Herald, which have since chosen to forego endorsements entirely.

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