Quote:Cool. So I think we agree.


Okay,this was just my long winded way to get to this point,


No matter what the political leanings of the journalist, the editor is king... and the editor has his short hairs firmly clinched by the owner(s) of the news outlet.


And I would submit to you that the majority of news outlets are owned by fiscally conservative and fiscally libertarian folks.


Yes, there are some magazines that are fiscally progressive, but they are few and far between.


Your thoughts?

 

I suggest to you that you provide a source claiming news outlets are owned by the fiscally conservative and libertarians. Hillary Clinton is certainly neither, yet Rupert Murdoch supports and donates to her.

 

I also wrote this previously:

 

 

"As for managers working at the discretion of the owners, I think that depends. Bezos obviously has beef with Trump and it shows with the obvious bias of the Washington Post. However Rupert Murdoch is a Hillary Clinton supporter and donor, but (sort of) lets Fox and the New York Post treat Trump favorably."

 

Owner involvement is variable it seems, though it may depend on how much a candidate may impact the business of the owner (In Bezos case, Trump threatened anti-Trust against Amazon). In Murdoch's case, Trump is great for business so he seems relatively hands-off.

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