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You'll see more of this. Judging from his wiki entry, John Henry (who names a kid that?) is apolitical, but when the NYTimes, LATimes, etc, finally get complet
by mynameishere 13y ago
You'll see more of this. Judging from his wiki entry, John Henry (who names a kid that?) is apolitical, but when the NYTimes, LATimes, etc, finally get completely sold to Carlos Slim or a Saudi Prince or whoever, the editorial direction of the country will get more and more one-sided.
It's amazing any newspaper is still in business, but eventually it will be strictly a subsidized game.
- nhebb 13y agoJohn Henry is not listed in opensecrets, but newsmeat shows his campaign contributions. he doesn't appear to be apolitical: http://www.newsmeat.com/sports_political_donations/John_W_Henry.php http://www.newsmeat.com/sports_political_donations/John_W_He...
- ams6110 13y agoMore one-sided? Most of the big dailies in the USA are already solidly left, editorially. Which way do you see the balance tipping?
- jawnb 13y ago[citation needed]
- jeffdavis 13y agoA citation is needed here but not for the original comment? Peronally, I think this particular line of discussion is useless, with or without a link to some partisan "study" from one side or the other.
- btilly 13y agoA good comment that I heard in personal conversation from a newscaster over a decade ago sums up most of the traditional media. The line reporting staff overwhelmingly tend to be left wing. The owners tend to be extreme right wing. Which way the media goes on a particular issue depends on whether it raised to the personal attention of the owners or was left to the staff. (Fox, of course, changed this by being right wing ownership that tried to make the whole outlet right wing..except for token liberals to provide the losing straw man arguments...)
- chongli 13y agoLeft vs right is a smokescreen. To see where the newspapers really lean, look to what they don't publish at all.