What percent of upper management and ownship are Republican/Democrat?    I've talked to Harry Smith when he was visiting Pella.   Much of his talk (he was already doing personal stories by then, not hard news).  But he talked about the monetary and philosophical differference between journalist and media ownership.    The foriegn press core of American media has been decimated, which may be one reason 'rogue' countries just seem to pop up.

Anyway a big difference in corporate values between wage earners and ownership.   We have every reason to believe ownership has won most of the battles, they write the checks.    They want more giggle news that entertains , not that depressing stuff... reality.

Big differences in print news and broadcast news for that matter.  Print news demands more time and effort.  It's also collapsing and morphing into electronic media.