My correspondent continues concerning the content of mainstream media:
A few liberal columnists do not a giant media outlet be “captured by extreme-left journalists.” I used to subscribe to both NYT (long time ago) and the WaPo (until about 1.5 years ago). The pair were definitely more liberal 8 to 12 years ago, but they are not remotely that at all when it comes to the majority of their print. Again, that they have a few liberal columnists (I’m a big fan of Jamelle Bouie at the NYT, for example) does not counteract the huge conservative slant on coverage, wording, headlining, and article placement in both of those papers. And it’s no surprise, given that both are owned by wealthy, conservative individuals (Bezos, WaPo) or families (Ochs-Sulzberger family, NYT). A couple liberal op-eds are lipstick on a pig compared to the endless normalization and slant and spin of the rest of the papers.
