> Take the ability to control who they associate with out of the hands of a media company and you doom them to being burned by the court of public opinion. Repu

> Take the ability to control who they associate with out of the hands of a media company and you doom them to being burned by the court of public opinion. Reputation is all a news outlet has. Is his work good and true? That’s all that matters for his employer’s reputation. This idea that journalists have to appear to be impartial ascetics should die. They are humans, and humans have perspectives no matter how they hide them. The hiding is what provides the fuel that a journalist is biased as if it’s a conspiracy. Knowing where the writer's coming from can be illuminating, and I can weight their biases myself.