WHOOPS AGAIN!! My bad..it WAS the New Yorker!! Here's the article..xx..e


New Yorker breaks with tradition, backs Kerry


Posted online: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at 0230 hours IST



NEW YORK, OCTOBER 25: For the first time in its 80-year history, the venerable New Yorker magazine has endorsed a presidential candidate, urging readers today to vote for Democrat John Kerry in next week's election.

''He is plainly the better choice,'' the weekly said in a lengthy editorial that excoriated the record of President George W. Bush on everything from health and the environment to his handling of the war in Iraq.



''As observers, reporters, and commentators we will hold (Kerry) to the highest standards of honesty and performance,'' the editorial said. ''For now, as citizens, we hope for his victory.''

Despite taking such an unprecedented move—the New Yorker has never endorsed a candidate before—the magazine argued that it was not sacrificing partisan independence. ''We just felt this was an important election to take a stand on,'' said spokeswoman Perri Dorset.