Marty Baron

I mean, the Chandler family in Los Angeles, you know, remade Los Angeles, brought water from the Owens Valley in the north down to LA to essentially enrich themselves. So I think we romanticize what media ownership was in the past. I think that now a lot of media, big institutional media is owned by, first of all, very wealthy people who have other very substantial commercial interests.

I mean, the Chandler family in Los Angeles, you know, remade Los Angeles, brought water from the Owens Valley in the north down to LA to essentially enrich themselves. So I think we romanticize what media ownership was in the past. I think that now a lot of media, big institutional media is owned by, first of all, very wealthy people who have other very substantial commercial interests.

I mean, the Chandler family in Los Angeles, you know, remade Los Angeles, brought water from the Owens Valley in the north down to LA to essentially enrich themselves. So I think we romanticize what media ownership was in the past. I think that now a lot of media, big institutional media is owned by, first of all, very wealthy people who have other very substantial commercial interests.

And you have also these parent companies which have other substantial commercial interests, and they're highly dependent on the federal government. And the federal government has probably more power today than it had back in the previous years, previous decades.

And you have also these parent companies which have other substantial commercial interests, and they're highly dependent on the federal government. And the federal government has probably more power today than it had back in the previous years, previous decades.

And you have also these parent companies which have other substantial commercial interests, and they're highly dependent on the federal government. And the federal government has probably more power today than it had back in the previous years, previous decades.

Well, I don't disagree with you that there has been a certain ideological rigidity within newsrooms and unwillingness to recognize nuance, a tendency on the part of particularly the younger generation, I think, to divide the world into victims and victimizers, oppressors and the oppressed, and basically see the world without nuance, see it through sort of a binary separation.

Well, I don't disagree with you that there has been a certain ideological rigidity within newsrooms and unwillingness to recognize nuance, a tendency on the part of particularly the younger generation, I think, to divide the world into victims and victimizers, oppressors and the oppressed, and basically see the world without nuance, see it through sort of a binary separation.

Well, I don't disagree with you that there has been a certain ideological rigidity within newsrooms and unwillingness to recognize nuance, a tendency on the part of particularly the younger generation, I think, to divide the world into victims and victimizers, oppressors and the oppressed, and basically see the world without nuance, see it through sort of a binary separation.

I think that what that has done, I don't know that it has weakened. Certainly, there have been rebellions within newsrooms. I did experience that due to my efforts to try to enforce social media guidelines, for example. And then also in reaction to the George Floyd killing, the demand for greater diversity in the newsroom and in leadership.

I think that what that has done, I don't know that it has weakened. Certainly, there have been rebellions within newsrooms. I did experience that due to my efforts to try to enforce social media guidelines, for example. And then also in reaction to the George Floyd killing, the demand for greater diversity in the newsroom and in leadership.

I think that what that has done, I don't know that it has weakened. Certainly, there have been rebellions within newsrooms. I did experience that due to my efforts to try to enforce social media guidelines, for example. And then also in reaction to the George Floyd killing, the demand for greater diversity in the newsroom and in leadership.

But I think that the unwillingness to sort of recognize nuances has hurt our credibility with the general public. That's where I think it's done real damage, is that it has contributed to the decline in confidence in major news institutions. And that's a perilous place to be.

But I think that the unwillingness to sort of recognize nuances has hurt our credibility with the general public. That's where I think it's done real damage, is that it has contributed to the decline in confidence in major news institutions. And that's a perilous place to be.

But I think that the unwillingness to sort of recognize nuances has hurt our credibility with the general public. That's where I think it's done real damage, is that it has contributed to the decline in confidence in major news institutions. And that's a perilous place to be.

I think that's true. I think that we do not have a certain level of diversity that we should have as people from a lot of different backgrounds, people who didn't go to all the same sorts of schools. I certainly didn't, by the way. I did not go to an Ivy League school and I grew up in Florida and not in the Washington area.

I think that's true. I think that we do not have a certain level of diversity that we should have as people from a lot of different backgrounds, people who didn't go to all the same sorts of schools. I certainly didn't, by the way. I did not go to an Ivy League school and I grew up in Florida and not in the Washington area.

I think that's true. I think that we do not have a certain level of diversity that we should have as people from a lot of different backgrounds, people who didn't go to all the same sorts of schools. I certainly didn't, by the way. I did not go to an Ivy League school and I grew up in Florida and not in the Washington area.

And I just ended up there because I was approached about taking on the editorship of the Washington Post, which was a surprise to me. So I've always seen Washington as a bit of a bubble. And I think it is. And I think, look, we did work when I was at the Post, we did work to increase the diversity and respects other than demographic. And that was we tried to hire more military veterans.

And I just ended up there because I was approached about taking on the editorship of the Washington Post, which was a surprise to me. So I've always seen Washington as a bit of a bubble. And I think it is. And I think, look, we did work when I was at the Post, we did work to increase the diversity and respects other than demographic. And that was we tried to hire more military veterans.