sentences:  Under Knight Ridder, "The Inquirer" continued to be editorially independent.However, conservative commentators have labeled "The Inquirer" left leaning, and the paper has not endorsed a Republican candidate for President of the United States since Gerald Ford in 1976.Throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century, groups supportive of Israel such as the Zionist Organization of America often accused "The Inquirer" of being anti-Israel.