I mentioned the press’s incentives. Those incentives include abject fear of RW criticism:
“The point here is that it is nothing new for editors at the New York Times and elsewhere to be uneasy about calling too much attention to reality — when that reality has a liberal bias.”
“The point here is that it is nothing new for editors at the New York Times and elsewhere to be uneasy about calling too much attention to reality — when that reality has a liberal bias.”
“that friction is particularly at issue today, at the Times and elsewhere, as political reporters and their editors struggle to accurately and sufficiently convey facts about the Republican assault on voting rights and democracy.”
“The fear of taking sides is very obviously holding them back.”
The obsession with balance doesn’t just enfeeble political stories, she said. It can impoverish coverage in other areas.
“‘Less visible is that the same skewed tilt toward “balance” makes it harder to cover poverty, healthcare, welfare, education, and so on,’ because exposing problems can be seen as taking sides.”
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