Stuck on this sentence:
"Publishers and media scholars said that while these gifts provide a measure of financial stability, they can also cost an outlet its editorial independence — or the perception of independence."
nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/…
"Publishers and media scholars said that while these gifts provide a measure of financial stability, they can also cost an outlet its editorial independence — or the perception of independence."
nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/…
Like, the history of organizing political opinion publications as nonprofits, or money-losing playthings of the rich, is not some odd or newfangled phenomenon, requiring a team of outside forensic scientists to decipher (and cast aspersions on).
reason.com/2012/03/12/fac…
reason.com/2012/03/12/fac…
Cultural/political/media nonprofits are hatched every day, and have been with us for many scores of years. The key is how they are organized--the Mission, the governance structure of the Board, the funding streams & diversity thereof. These aren't secrets.
reason.com/2014/12/05/don…
reason.com/2014/12/05/don…
Were the publications in question over-reliant on a small handful of donors, and/or did a dominant percentage of existing donors demand Trumpyness? Who knows! The article certaintly doesn't. And so is structured as a series of dot-connecty questions, and "hard-right" adjectives.
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