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The NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post have all adopted partisan baiting techniques to draw in subscribers. (IMO, they've done so in that order,
by wahern 5y ago
The NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post have all adopted partisan baiting techniques to draw in subscribers. (IMO, they've done so in that order, with Washington Post the most extreme, and NY Times bringing up the rear but quickly closing the gap as they've cycled out their older reporters with younger ones the past few years.) Their actual news reporting has suffered considerably, though they're such large organizations with enough veteran journalists that they do still put out some good pieces somewhat regularly, especially relative to newer media and smaller media.
- slownews45 5y agoAs a long time reader of all three I don't disagree. I did think the NY Times and WaPo were pretty much equal in the kind of partisan baiting stuff (note I'm a dem donor but tired a bit of the sometimes comically bad "news" slants). Even though I'm left on the issues I've been enjoying WSJ though I skip opinion section / a bit less raw clickbait type writing. Still vote for the left - but I think it probably could use a somewhat mellower set of media bubbles - but maybe the market is just not there anymore.
- alecb 5y agoWSJ's reporting is very good but their editorial board is maybe the most off-kilter in the entire industry; like 1/3rd of their op-eds are asking why the Supreme Court won't take up a case to allow employers to bring whips to the office.
- fennecfoxen 5y agoYou’re mistaken if you think this is new. Just the other day I was reading an old NYT piece suggesting Thomas Edison be hanged for inventing too many things (such as a sound amplification device which they imagined would be in common use on the street and in restaurants.)
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