Every editor and manager at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strongly favored Hillary Clinton, and fully expected to endorse her a few days before the election. However the owner J.R. Block told them they could not endorse Hillary, instead they had to endorse Trump. It was an outright order, but instead of endorsing Trump, the editors didn't endorse either candidate. They said there are good things about both candidates, they've both made mistakes, etc. Several columnists wrote later that their arms were twisted, and it would have cost them their jobs to endorse Hillary. (Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are something like 70% Democratic, and Trump never had a chance here.)
Well I have to tell you, Pittsburgh readers were shocked and outraged. There were so many nasty letters to the editor, but then Trump won the election a couple days later. We were all shell-shocked, just like the entire world. Many people cancelled their subscriptions to the Post-Gazette when this happened. But I'm happy that the employees and editors are finally standing up to the tyrant owner, pretty soon something will have to be done about this guy. I hope he resigns.
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