There’s a good interview on Semafor, which I’ve never heard of before, and I hope it’s from an approved web site LOL.
The topic is why doesn’t the NYT come out and publish in such a way as to boost Biden, as a Trump presidency would be a disaster.
To say that the threats of democracy are so great that the media is going to abandon its central role as a source of impartial information to help people vote — that’s essentially saying that the news media should become a propaganda arm for a single candidate, because we prefer that candidate’s agenda. It is true that Biden’s agenda is more in sync with traditional establishment parties and candidates. And we’re reporting on that and making it very clear.
It’s also true that Trump could win this election in a popular vote. Given that Trump’s not in office, it will probably be fair. And there’s a very good chance, based on our polling and other independent polling, that he will win that election in a popular vote. So there are people out there in the world who may decide, based on their democratic rights, to elect Donald Trump as president. It is not the job of the news media to prevent that from happening. It’s the job of Biden and the people around Biden to prevent that from happening.
He touches on the excesses of 2020, James Bennet and Bari Weis, but no full on mea culpa.
I read the Times daily, have for a long long time. I suspect many others do too, or I know they do, they are the place that has made the most successful transition to digital and have the most reporters and editors. I certainly have found fault with the slant they do put on things but with the understanding that coming from the background they all do it’s probably difficult for them to produce something unbiased. The bubble they swim in includes the media, academia, corporate, etc.