The Washington Post, and New York Times are papers of record and have reporters who do actual reporting. You can decouple that, somewhat, from their editorial

The Washington Post, and New York Times are papers of record and have reporters who do actual reporting. You can decouple that, somewhat, from their editorial boards who basically just emit mind poison designed to drive you crazy if you don't buy into their exact brand of McKinsey-designed soft-power jingoism. "Democracy Dies in Darkness" is a cynical "Master-Signifier" meant to distract you from the implicit national biases the paper has. This makes people feel good about consuming their news, as if their virtuous consumption of news is part of some larger project to calm the world through reasserting a hegemonic neoliberal order.