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.
See the sausage getting made and feel your stomach turn.
Unfortunately, I'm sure that's on the more benign side of things feditors do to articles. :agony-shivering:
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?
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.