Yep. Its the establishments outlet to tell all the other outlets what to say. 

I totally agree. I feel like it's mostly read by establishment Boomer's and everyone else either thinks it's a joke or just isn't interested in it.

Undisciplined

I say its progress if they get worse. Tarnish that rep. 

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The Dishonesty of the New York Times Revealed

They've clearly always trafficked in propaganda. I still think it's an open question about whether there used to be better journalism, though. We hear about how investigative journalists were basically replaced by click bait mongers, because of the crazy discrepancy in ROI between the two.