As a journalist who has noticed and lived beneath correct editorial regimes the place gross sales groups are separate from editorial, I can inform you that allegations of catering to advertisers are nearly at all times off-base. However, as Jeff Bezos himself writes, saying as a lot issues little if the readers or the viewers nonetheless believes an outlet is biased. That’s, there actually isn’t a great way to refute allegations of bias. Sadly for Jeff Bezos, he’s studying that now.
