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"His castigating of China has softened greatly in comparison to what he said before," the editorial said.
"We have come to doubt the value of candidate endorsements by this newspaper or any newspaper, especially in a day when a multitude of information sources allow even a casual voter to be better informed than ever before," stated an editorial that was co-signed by John Barron, the news organization's publisher, and Tom McNamee, the editorial page editor.
"We already have published multiple such views -- not only Richard Cohen's, but Gene Robinson on the same page, Ruth Marcus and Jonathan Capehart and our own editorial the day before -- and we've got more coming".
The week before the editorial ran, Craig A. Dubow resigned as Gannett's chief executive.
It was then two years before an editorial assistant discovered it in a slush pile.
Coincidentally, Woodward was a lunch guest of the newspaper the day before the editorial appeared.
But the BBC has recovered before from editorial dramas – and we ought not to enjoy its misfortunes.
Mr. Romney used his appearance before the editorial board to continue contrasting his record with Mr. Gingrich's.
