Gary Parker on Nostr: I’m finding this whole Washington Post thing very interesting as a Brit. On the one ...
I’m finding this whole Washington Post thing very interesting as a Brit.
On the one hand, I *want* my news provider to be unbiased (while accepting that this is nigh on impossible), and the paper refusing to explicitly endorse a given party/nominee in their election seems desirable to me
However, if it was an accepted and understood Thing for this to happen with this paper, and the owner (*not* part of the editorial team) exerted influence to change this for personal gain, that’s A Bad Thing
On the one hand, I *want* my news provider to be unbiased (while accepting that this is nigh on impossible), and the paper refusing to explicitly endorse a given party/nominee in their election seems desirable to me
However, if it was an accepted and understood Thing for this to happen with this paper, and the owner (*not* part of the editorial team) exerted influence to change this for personal gain, that’s A Bad Thing