So I lurk a lot, both keep sane during the week, and to pick up some story ideas. I wanted to make this post a while ago and chickened out, but seeing that post about Maddow fawning over Biden's new dog made me want to try with this account again.
US media is absolutely a big-L Liberal institution. But you'd be surprised how many socialists, or socdems at least, write for smaller and mid-size newsrooms. So AMA about trying to be a reporter with leftist views in a decidedly anti-left racket, or about the inner workings of American news outlets that aren't CNN, MSNBC or Fox.
I work for an outlet that's big enough to do coverage in a couple nearby towns, but not big enough to be known outside of the region. That's kind of how I'd define midsize. Then you've got stuff like the Tribune family of papers and Patch where you've basically got bureaus all over the country but still don't have the name recognition of like CNN or the NYT.