> In the US, from at least 1950 through at least the 1970s, there was such a thing.
Is this a joke?
> You had, for example, the editor of the New York Times who, knowing that his reporters leaned left, deliberately steering the editorial policy to the right, trying to have the net result be unbiased.
Who is talking about editorial policy. We were talking about news. Right?
> He literally had them put on his tombstone "He kept the paper straight."
Wow that must mean it is true. That reeks of overcompensation. Doesn't it? But you are right, the NYT is not biased at all. Never has been... Fox News said they were "fair and balanced". If they said it, it must be true right? Believe the branding. Hey, the Truth Social platform has the word "truth" in it. So that must mean it was created to push truth to the public. Right?
> You see that in the distrust for the media.
There have been many periods of deep distrust of media.
"Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day." -- Thomas Jefferson
Through the yellow journalism years. To the ww1 and ww2 years. And beyond.
> When you say that, are you sure that you haven't bought someone's narrative?
I'm sure.
> Or is that a narrative that you are deliberately trying to create?
It's not a "narrative". It's the truth. It's basic history and reality. What do you think newspapers and media were created for? What do you think they exist to do? Do you think Rupert Murdoch created fox news to push "truth"? Do you think a banker created the NYTimes to inform the public of "truth"? Do you think politicians created the nypost and washington post to expose "truth"?
You are trying to push a narrative. I'm just telling you what the news industry is. It's an obvious fact anyone could see if they just took off their politically driven blinders.