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BLOG: Why we don't cover political endorsements

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- Political junkies that we are here at KELO Radio and KELO.com News, you haven't seen us covering political endorsements.

Ok, we did cover one, earlier this year for Jolene Loetscher's run for mayor of Sioux Falls. But after a discussion with my boss, Greg Belfrage, we decided that we weren't going to cover any more.

In a phrase, it's "too inside baseball."

I'm not saying we would NEVER cover an endorsement. If President Donald Trump endorsed Paul TenHaken for mayor or Hillary Clinton endorsed Loetscher, we'd probably cover those.

But allow me to expand on the "inside baseball" analogy.

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