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>It adds, “doing so might reasonably raise doubts about their ability or The Times’s ability to function as neutral observers in covering the news.”' Well, I g

>It adds, “doing so might reasonably raise doubts about their ability or The Times’s ability to function as neutral observers in covering the news.”' Well, I guess it's a good thing then Axios isn't suspect of being a neutral observer in the first place. I wonder how cool the company would be actually with an employee speaking out in favor of President Trump, against wanton violence towards cops or even against discriminatory hiring practices with regard to White and Asian men.

aspenmayer 6y ago
Employees of Axios don't share polital views as a rule, so I'm not sure what you are referring to. I don't see how that is consistent with the rest of the article: 'In a statement Axios provided to The Times, Mr. VandeHei said the note did not represent a change in company policy. “We trust our colleagues to do the right thing, and stand firmly behind them should they decide to exercise their constitutional right to free speech,” he said in the statement. 'Axios has a social media policy that prohibits the sharing of political views. In an October 2018 column, Mr. VandeHei said news organizations “should ban their reporters from doing anything on social media — especially Twitter — beyond sharing stories.” He added: “Snark, jokes and blatant opinion are showing your hand, and it always seems to be the left one. This makes it impossible to win back the skeptics.”'
- LastOfTheFamous 6y ago
  >Employees of Axios don't share polital views as a rule, so I'm not sure what you are referring to. I don't see how that is consistent with the rest of the article That is blatantly untrue. Axios is so slanted to left bias that is hurts. Check the frontpage: 8 out of 10 stories are clearly pro-BLM, anti-police or anti-Trump. The rest are on Covid-19. Take the Twitter profiles of the Top 3 authors on Axios: https://twitter.com/jacknutson https://twitter.com/jacknutson https://twitter.com/erica_pandey https://twitter.com/erica_pandey https://twitter.com/davidlawler10 https://twitter.com/davidlawler10 The tweets and re-tweets are no much different from actual political activists.

aspenmayer 6y ago

Employees of Axios don't share polital views as a rule, so I'm not sure what you are referring to. I don't see how that is consistent with the rest of the article: 'In a statement Axios provided to The Times, Mr. VandeHei said the note did not represent a change in company policy. “We trust our colleagues to do the right thing, and stand firmly behind them should they decide to exercise their constitutional right to free speech,” he said in the statement. 'Axios has a social media policy that prohibits the sharing of political views. In an October 2018 column, Mr. VandeHei said news organizations “should ban their reporters from doing anything on social media — especially Twitter — beyond sharing stories.” He added: “Snark, jokes and blatant opinion are showing your hand, and it always seems to be the left one. This makes it impossible to win back the skeptics.”'

LastOfTheFamous 6y ago
>Employees of Axios don't share polital views as a rule, so I'm not sure what you are referring to. I don't see how that is consistent with the rest of the article That is blatantly untrue. Axios is so slanted to left bias that is hurts. Check the frontpage: 8 out of 10 stories are clearly pro-BLM, anti-police or anti-Trump. The rest are on Covid-19. Take the Twitter profiles of the Top 3 authors on Axios: https://twitter.com/jacknutson https://twitter.com/jacknutson https://twitter.com/erica_pandey https://twitter.com/erica_pandey https://twitter.com/davidlawler10 https://twitter.com/davidlawler10 The tweets and re-tweets are no much different from actual political activists.