Dennis Prager Show - Sharyl Attkisson: NYT is Serving Powerful Interests on the Left
Aired: 2020-12-09
Duration: 01:35


=== New York Times Dilemma (01:35) ===

[00:00:00]  What I said before you came on is the New York Times is prepared to have half the country think it's a lying piece of propaganda because there are so many on the left that will support it that it doesn't matter to them to have credibility that transcends the left.
[00:00:19]  Is that a fair analysis?
[00:00:21]  I think that's true, but I wouldn't say the way they are is because they're seeking that market.
[00:00:28]  I would say they have that market because of the political and corporate interests that are pulling strings in the news and at the New York Times.
[00:00:37]  And so they've been left with that dynamic, and that's fine with them.
[00:00:42]  They don't have to have a bigger segment.
[00:00:45]  It's not that they're, in my view, seeking that audience.
[00:00:48]  I mean, that's sort of a secondary thing.
[00:00:49]  They've been directed to go for that audience because they're serving, whether it's pharmaceutical interests or powerful political people on...
[00:00:58]  The left who have money ties.
[00:01:00]  You know, I think all this goes back to money.
[00:01:02]  It's not just ideology.
[00:01:04]  So where you see narratives being pushed, it's not necessarily just for our own good, they think.
[00:01:10]  It's because there are donors somewhere in the background, you know, in third parties that are pulling strings.
[00:01:15]  Let me tell everybody, because I want them to read your book.
[00:01:19]  It's called Slanted, How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism.
[00:01:24]  Up at DennisPrager.com and, of course, Amazon and elsewhere.
[00:01:27]  And what is the name of your podcast?
[00:01:30]  The Sheryl Ackeson Podcast.
[00:01:32]  That's easy.
[00:01:33]  Good luck to you.
[00:01:34]  We need you.