'Known By Some Scholars As Anticipatory Obedience': CNN's Stelter Says Concern On WaPo Not Endorsing Harris Is Authoritarian Appeasement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The idea that some people obey in advance to curry favor with aspiring authoritarians."The phrase "anticipatory obedience" has been widely used in media in the wake of the decisions by the LA Times and The Washington Post not to endorse, actually comes from a social media thread-turned-book from left wing Yale professor Timothy Snyder, who has the last few years speaking and writing against Trump.
36% : "Certainly many liberal critics of Trump believe that's exactly what's happening now at publications like The Washington Post," Stelter continued.

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