Comment by alsetmusic

> You mentioned the NYT in particular — they're paid a lot to shill political positions.

No. As discussed in (Epstein friend, but the research is still sound) Noam Chomsky's work, the money comes from access. The positions taken are to gain access (they don't take positions that will cause them to lose access).

Paid to report something? You sound like a conspiracist. The real conspiracy is how the system is aligned to generate the outcome. That's capitalism.

Money and power serves money and power.