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.
Yeah. The exact quote my editor gave me on that one is "I'm worried readers will think you have an agenda above just telling the story."
Like no shit Sherlock, how am I gonna talk about an explicitly political topic without bringing the originators of that political movement's agenda into it?
:blob-no-thoughts: "Sweaty that's biased reporting! True news is completely unbiased and detached from reality."