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.

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Unfortunately, I'm sure that's on the more benign side of things feditors do to articles. :agony-shivering:

      • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        In your experience, were your editors true believers in the company line, just trying to avoid a red scarce shit storm, or cynically manipulating a narrative? Are the larger organizations, like NYT, more cynical than organizations with less reach?

        • TheFreshestHell [he/him,any]
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          3 years ago

          I've never worked for NYT so I can't say about them, but most of the time its a combo of being true believers and wanting to avoid controversy. Controversy can lose you subscriptions, which can hurt the paper's bottom line.