text: I would disagree with the Register-Guard even if they made recommendations that agreed completely with my own. I did not disagree with their right to make recommendations, only their self serving interest and lack of objectivity by doing so. I would prefer a newspaper that refrains from being a naked purveyor of influence in their reporting and even opinions, as it undermines my trust in their objectivity. Back in the day when we still went to the polls to vote, I would see people carrying the R-G's recommendations with them, sheep that they were. The R-G does it every election, and not as a service to anyone but themselves because they know many lazy voters will fall for it. If I (or anyone else) were to present them with an op-ed list of my recommendations and ask them to print it in the same edition, do you suppose they would? If not, why not? That's right, it might diminish their own influence, and that matters to them. Shameful journalism.