Liberal New York Review of Books Admits Newspapers Are Now More Biased

Newsbusters ^ | February 19, 2020 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

If you read a publication that claims newspapers have become biased, you might assume that the source of that charge was conservative. However, it might surprise you to know that even the liberal New York Review of Books also made that claim of bias in their February 27 issue in an article by Nicholas Lemann, "Can Journalism Be Saved?"

The story was a review of books about the state of newspaper journalism. Lemann was discussing a couple of books by Michael Schudson and Matthew Pressman when he made the unusual admission of flat-out newspaper bias in recent years:

[PJ-Comix]

Stating the obvious about newspaper bias but the surprise was the source which made the admission. BTW, when was the last time someone here actually picked up and read a paper newspaper?

[Spktyr]

I see some old (and I’d guess clueless) people still subscribe to and read them all the time.

I recently picked up and read a newspaper - mostly because someone had left it on one of the few seats available at the local tax office. Mostly I read it just enough to find out what paper it was then called out to ask who’d left the USA Today fishwrap on the seat.

[wetgundog]

Where have they been the last 20 years?

[Chainmail]

That's funny: newspapers and the talking heads on TV have always been biased towards the Left.

The difference is that now, thanks to the internet, we have other sources to choose from.

That's why, when the Democrats tried the same Nixon playbook against President Trump, they failed.

[CatOwner]

I am waiting for the wide expansion of conservative political censuring on the Internet, because without it, the MSM’s around-the-clock blocking of all good news related to Trump’s presidency can’t be fulfilled. Seriously folks, this doesn’t end until there are bodies swinging from lamp posts, and since this has little chance of happening, the left will continue with the negative narrative indefinitely.

[Pietro]

In other news, water is found to be wet.

[DoodleBob]

This was the money paragraph for me:

Lemann recalls being a young reporter for The Washington Post, and how "we weren't so different from a prestigious deaprtment at a major university: we were intensely dedicated to our work, we were hyper-competitive and aware of our status within our professional peer group, and we had an exalted sense of the social function we were performing." (emphasis added)

Most people I know recognize our place in society: we may not be building the Salk vaccine, but our job IS of value - be it a waitress delivering food and value to customers, a cashier at 7-11 dispensing change and facilitating the purchase of coffee for the start of the day, or a plumber fixing our broken sink. Everyone has a part to play in the aggregate fulfillment of everyone's personal manifest destiny. And, for the most part, we are proud of our roles.

But these creatures clearly have some outsized view of their place in this puzzle. In short, the beat reporter has a role in a functioning society, but their social function is no more exalted than that of the barista or librarian or hot dog vendor. However, the danger is that you THINK you're better than us all.

Most people didn't realize the disdain journalists had for us until, ironically, Watergate. After that, we got movies and books and editorials on how JOURNALISM saved us from Nixon. Then we got lectured. That's when we decided that maybe Journalists weren't all that great. As this relationship soured, they turned on us, and told us to "learn to code." How ironic.

[LouAvul]

I can live with (or, without) biased, but contemporary journalism has morphed into mere supermarket tabloids. Click bait. Junk mail.

It's worse than useless. That's why I consult FR for my news. I don't even read the links. I glean all I need to know from the comments.

Even our local news is nothing but liberal, faggot, open borders, pro drug nonsense.

[EC Washington]

“Liberal” New York Review of Books? Try Extreme Far Left Lunatics who hate America New York Review of Books. If it wasn’t for public libraries buying this rag, they would sell all of 100 copies when they publish.

[IronJack]

And they also admitted that the earth revolves around the sun.

[kearnyirish2]

Cellphones destroyed newspapers because you could bring up a lot more variety of content, and could bring it into the john with you more discretely.

[urtax$@work]

…. when was the last time someone here actually picked up and read a paper newspaper? …..

Yesterday. To read what the crazies are writing about national news/events. To read local news/ events. To read special feature of ‘what-was’ in previous decades in my city. Obits. Comics. Sports. ( and sometimes the editorial page for laughs)

Previous to a few weeks ago— was a totally ridiculous price and i only read free copies in the lounge. But with a new cheap-as-dirt price , i resubscribed for the duration of the sale offer.

Even worse than papers are the vapid TVnewsies. Since im mature and can easily spot bias and i read local blogs - i can easily handle what the newspapers put out.p>

As of this writing , there is still no replacement for city newspapers as democrat-socilaists spin them into oblivion. We are all the poorer for it.

[Spktyr]

Cellphones didn’t, smartphones and then tablets did.

[kearnyirish2]

Right - smartphones. Sorry!

[Spktyr]

Yes, this by itself was not a threat to the newspaper:

[Roccus]

YUP!!

You’re right.

This “exalted sense of social function” comes from the reason they started in journalism in the first place. Ask ANY journalism school student why they chose this profession and they ALL answer the same way.....”To make a difference.”

[kearnyirish2]

Understood!