Trump Brings "Law and Order" to the Front:

[StefanM]

See what I mean, Stefan?

The primary purpose in journalism is to make a buck. If they can push an agenda as well, they're happy to do so.

He has a point with MSNBC. There's not much money to be made in that brand of content.

I don't think that all journalists are inherently biased, but I can see both sides of the argument.

 

[Lewis]

When billionaire Jeff Bezos took over Washington Post, it was not to make money. He is pushing a progressive agenda.

HERE is a blogpost from UC Berkeley Journalism school. I believe this is pretty much standard fare for journalism today:

"Last year, I took my longstanding class at U.C. Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, Journalism for Social Change (J4SC), online.

Whether it is the Syrian refugee crisis, women’s rights in Africa, gun violence...

With the help of edX, we were able to teach thousands of students from around the globe how to produce solution-based journalism that drives social change."

A leftwing POV is pretty much baked into the journalism cake.

 

[StefanM]

When billionaire Jeff Bezos took over Washington Post, it was not to make money. He is pushing a progressive agenda.

He arguably wants to do both.

 

[Lewis]

He arguably wants to do both.

Arguably. It is telling that one of the first things he did was to increase the Op/Ed staff.

 

[StefanM]

Arguably. It is telling that one of the first things he did was to increase the Op/Ed staff.

My bet is that he doesn't want to lose money, but he obviously has social change in mind. He's a savvy enough businessman to figure out how to pursue both goals.


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[InTheLight]

Ratings are King in the liberal media? Really? How then do you explain MSNBC?

They are going after their market share. They have demographics that they tailor for advertisers. It's just that simple.