Why do they look into the cameras every day and tell obvious lies?
In the Soviet Union, they were simply ordered to so so...it was the de facto core of their employment. Ditto modern China. And the publics have little recourse.
In contemporary America, news customers can easily see the bobbing head on the screen is spouting bu!!sh't. The advertisers and media beancounters can easily see the numbers of viewers/readers falling, making the enterprises less profitable/valuable.
In the case of the NY Times, the controlling family is led by a dim bulb who hates the country, and is rich enough to not care if it all falls apart. As for the Washington Post, its biggest shareholder has been lining his pockets with tax breaks and regulatory ease for decades...he personifies crony capitalism...of course that's Warren Buffett. And Michael Bloomberg needs no explanation.
But what about all the other outlets? Do their owners LIKE losing money? Or do they have a regulatory gun pointed at them?
Their women have gone all Lysistrata on them about politics.
Which is odd, you know, when you consider how many are queer anyway.
Cheers!