An Insider Critique of Media News

Former CBS News chief Van Gordon Sauter has written an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal (behind paywall) which is summarized at The Hill. Sauter takes a dim view of the current state of news coverage.

“The highly influential daily newspapers in New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Boston are now decidedly liberal,” Sauter wrote.

“On the home screen, the three broadcast network divisions still have their liberal tilt. Two of the three leading cable news sources are unrelentingly liberal in their fear and loathing of President Trump," he added, appearing to refer to MSNBC and CNN.

“The news media is catching up with the liberalism of the professoriate, the entertainment industry, upscale magazines and the literary world. Recent arrivals are the late-night TV hosts who have broken the boundaries of what was considered acceptable political humor for networks," he continued.

Sauter had a long career at CBS News, eventually heading it in the 1980s. Those were the days when journalism was an honored profession. Nowadays, it’s propaganda.