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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by nostromo on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:28PM (#24933692)
This appears to be correct. Most media outlets now are activists pretending to be journalists, run by businesspeople who care about revenue more than truth.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by ntsplnkv2 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:39PM (#24934713)
This has been true since the advent...I remember reading about the wars between Hamilton and Jefferson in the papers way back during the young years of the US.

None of this is new. It's way overamplified now, and everyone cries censorship and fascism when it suits them.

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by alchemism on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:09PM (#24935118)
Remember the Maine!
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by specialist on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:00PM (#24935000)
Our expectations of objectivity (NPOV) is very recent and abnormal.

I'd like many many more Clay Shirky style analysis of print, broadcast, and social media, followed by a 100 crazy notions for novel NPOV organizations.

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by rat87 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:14PM (#24935197)
The Intercept has long been an activist paper. That's why Glenn joined. That doesn't mean they care about revenue over truth though
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by rstupek on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:28PM (#24935352)
You mean helped found, not joined?
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by pete_aykroyd on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:31PM (#24933748)
Which one are they? Activists or business people? Saying that they are both doesn’t hold water.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by nostromo on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:34PM (#24933803)
They aren't the same people.

The journalists are the activists.

The managers and owners are the businesspeople.

Their motivations are very different but their incentives are aligned.