What’s occurring at the WashingtonPost, 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. Various forms of its daily features – entertainment, sports and style/arts – are given enormous space, while coverage of daily local and national civic activity is severely restricted. 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 13:02 UTC