What’s occurring at the Washington Post, the New York Times and big regional daily newspapers is a flight toward stupefying their material in a desperate plunge to retain readers – print and online. The influential New York Times Editorial Page – once featuring some fifteen or more editorials a week – is now down to three editorials a week. Right-wing politicians have learned to game the vulnerable-to-sensationalism New York Times and Washington Post. The Washington Post Live podcasts long ago crossed the barrier between news and advertisers. The Washington Post did, however, run an op-ed by Ezekiel J. Emanuel on this topic (See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/16/fix-drug-shortage-tax-breaks/).

Source: Washington Post July 01, 2023 02:11 UTC