It used to be you have multiple newspapers in cities, one was generally going to be more liberal than the other, but you had a choice.
There really is no such choice in today’s world, because of media consolidation.
While that’s certainly true, and I realize it’s asking too much for FReepers to actually watch the video and hear how Nexstar is approaching this (with apologies for anyone who actually has), it is possible to present multiple sides of controversial stories through discipline and a conscious effort to do so. And that’s what is described.
Take HCQ. There are many aspects to consider, including studies that were biased and inappropriate, studies that made an attempt to be objective, doctors who have taken it as a prophylactic, people who have taken it for other maladies and who can attest to safety/side effects, those have experienced “miracle cures” after taking it, and more. Wouldn’t it be interesting to watch a news story that examined each of these rather than only one? It would probably take more time than the typical soundbite report, which with three hours in primetime, Newsnation can do but most other news networks will not. The only direction from the top is to cover each story fairly and without bias, as they say even by analyzing the words that are used, the images that are presented, and the style in which stories are written.
The only way to reverse the groupspeak resulting from consolidation of liberal-leaning media is to base your business model on doing just that. Which is what Nexstar has done.
Look I don’t care if anyone believes me or not, I’m content to wait and let the thing speak for itself.
Yes, I remember those days. Every big city had two newspapers, and naturally, each one developed a different political point of view. Those days ended about 30 years ago. What is interesting, the one paper left in every city following merger or one folding was the liberal one.