There appears to be an implied threat that if you leave the media proper farm, you will get blacklisted, e.g. > "I turned down an offer of an advance well abo

There appears to be an implied threat that if you leave the media proper farm, you will get blacklisted, e.g. > "I turned down an offer of an advance well above my Times salary, in part because of the editing and the platform The Times gives me, and in part because I didn’t think I’d make it back — media types often overvalue media writers.)'