I would snap Substack out of existence like Thanos if I could, after reading that.

"Poor personal judgement aside, the whole ... fracas has created an even uglier picture of the current state of journalism ... What are young and/or struggling journalists supposed to think when the most successful people in the business are the ones with malleable ethics and poor judgement ...?"

My favorite is when you’re trying to watch a local station’s severe weather coverage online and have to wade through an ad before the coverage starts. You know, “when seconds count …”

Conflating making "both sides" mad with objectivity of method and accurate representation of an issue is not journalism. There might be some overlap, but given that public trust in journalism is cratering, it may be time to rethink the validity of that approach.

DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT is going at the end of all of my emails from this point forward.