Submitted by cur-o-double t3_11vp6ov in explainlikeimfive
zagglefrapgooglegarb t1_jcu6bmh wrote
Reply to comment by 9600n81 in ELI5: How do we end up with politically biased newspapers? by cur-o-double
This, in a nutshell, is it.
'But why do journalists promote those opinions or points of view if they're just being told to?'
Because they wouldn't be there if they didn't already lean that way themselves. Journalists don't become corrupted or biased, they're only there because they already are.
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