NYT, LA Times, Washington Post, WSJ, Huffington Post, Warner/CNN, Twitter

[samsingh]

Progressive news sources are getting purchased and turned into right wing propaganda. If not entirely, portions of them for sure. Right wing billionaires are willing to invest and throw away profits to control the news. We need Progressive money to fight back and keep news sources fair at the very least. All we have right now is MSNBC and even that is not 100% of the time.

This is a crisis that we should deal with asap.

[TheRickles]

1. A worthy goal, but in the meantime there are good non-corporate sites like Common Dreams, The Intercept,

The Nation, The Guardian (UK) and DU!

[samsingh]

6. i look at them all - but their reach cannot be compared to the others

[democratsruletheday]

16. AP, Reuters, and to SOME extent PBS.....

are three more

[OLDMDDEM]

2. That happened to the Baltimore Sun.

[hlthe2b]

3. WAPO hired a crappy new editor, but at least in the past, Bezos has been hands off...

Are you saying that has changed directly specific to Bezos...?

[samsingh]

7. Bezos immediately put up a paywall

like he needs the money

and then hires a completely crappy right-wing editor.

[hlthe2b]

11. Your claim was that WAPO had been turned into "turned into right wing propaganda"--that is what I responded to.

Yes, there are occasional crappy biased stories intermixed--but no constant pattern like NYT. And yes, Bezos has been hands-off on the day-to-day editorial decisions and direction. Unlike NYT's A. G. Sulzberger who gave marching orders to go after Biden day in and day out on age, but everything else as well--just because Biden would not bend the knee and give NYT a long-form interview. Some of that attitude remains today marking coverage of Harris-Walz.

On edit: seeing that the editor is taking "credit" for disallowing WAPO editorial board from making a Presidential Endorsement for Harris, I have ended my subscription. JohnSJ has too and I'd suggest all send them a message by doing similarly.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Cheaper, but more labor intensive, option: use critical thinking skills. Nt

[samsingh]

8. works for us but not the 40%+ that are stupidly supporting the republicans

many of those republicans only see an edited version of trump and no scandals.

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. The 40% don't watch MSNBC now

So how would having additional progressive media outlets change that?

More responsible journalism is a luxury and a crutch we have no control over.

Developing and using critical thinking skills is something each individual (and public school systems) could have control over.

[cynical_idealist]

12. can't base critical thinking on 100% bad data

garbage in, garbage out

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. That is the essence of critical thinking

To be able to discern garbage from valid information and perspectives.

To insulate oneself from “garbage” is to be spoon fed comfortable, easily digested information that is limited to things you agree with, which eventually weakens critical thinking skills.

[cynical_idealist]

14. my point is only that many people are never exposed to valid information and perspectives

[Boomerproud]

5. Deal with it how?

nt

[samsingh]

9. get our billionnaires to invest in newspapers and media

to counter the disinformation from the right.

[Polybius]

15. NYT endorsed Harris weeks ago

It has its faults, but it doesn't suck.