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Latour noted that theJournalhas not endorsed a presidential candidate since Herbert Hoover in 1928.
There was a big reaction that had a big impact on their business.
We can debate the efficacy of that.
From left, Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker; Dow Jones CEO and Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour; and CNN anchor Bianna Golodryga at the Paley Center for Media in New YorkDade Hayes
This Trump Bump thing, he sighed.
The election is being covered in very different ways, Latour observed.
Either Trump wins or Trump comes back, or very dark words.
I also think that it is very, very bad business.
It feels so good to feel your own opinion affirmed, right?
Oh, thats great.
But thats not the task of journalists.
Thats not the task of news.
… As humans, how can you say that?
How can you say that news does not mater?
