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Which seems like an even stronger reason for newspapers (or other purportedly unbiased organizations) to not to endorse candidates, no? It seems like it would c
by Ajedi32 2y ago
Which seems like an even stronger reason for newspapers (or other purportedly unbiased organizations) to not to endorse candidates, no? It seems like it would create (or reinforce) an internal culture inclined to favor one particular side.
- throwaway48476 2y agoA lot of newspapers are/were called the X_location Democrat or the like because historically the newspaper was an arm of the political party. Not as many exist now with the decline of news publishing. Incomplete list. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Democratic_newspapers_(United_States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Democratic_newspape...
- Ajedi32 2y agoInteresting. So rather than have newspapers that pretend to be neutral, we could instead have explicitly Republican newspapers and explicitly Democratic newspapers? I guess things have sort of been trending in that direction the last few years anyway...