New York Times Moscow correspondent wanted: Must believe all conspiracy theories about Russia, hate Putin & ignore facts
All the propaganda that's fit to print? The New York Times has taken the unusually honest step of admitting, in a job advert, that it has a predetermined biased narrative it wants its new Moscow correspondent to push about Russia.
Becoming a foreign correspondent for a major newspaper isn’t easy. Journalism schools are churning out huge numbers of wannabe Pulitzer Prize winners while the number of jobs is forever shrinking as the internet takes an ever greater toll on the media’s profits. Even a decent lower-end media position is tough to land nowadays. Thus, rising up to the top of the pile to grab one of the coveted overseas postings requires some talent.
Unsurprisingly, foreign correspondents are a smart bunch. They combine basic intelligence with an ability to tell stories in an engaging manner. Those who spend many years covering the same patch acquire an in-depth knowledge of their beat which others can only envy.
Yet all this isn’t sufficient to make a successful correspondent. Media companies are like any other institution, you don’t climb up the ladder unless you can please your bosses and fit comfortably within the organization’s ideological norms. There are, of course, exceptions, but one may safely assume that die-hard conservatives don’t flourish at the Guardian or socialists at Fox News.
https://www.rt.com/russia/507414-nyt-correspondent-conspiracy-putin/