Less News and Truths: Journalists after the Journolist Brand Came to Play in the Field

“Many things have damaged the credibility of the mainstream media, but the obvious double standard in coverage of sexual misconduct allegations against politicians is high on the list.”
~ Retired journalist Lisa Myers.

More Myers here, on what has gone wrong with the news reporting business over the past decades...

There is less and less interest in network television today holding the White House or any other part of government accountable. I fear there is a calculation that the audiences they are trying to reach don't care that much about the serious news. I think most of the political coverage these days has all the depth of Twitter.
 
I also worry that journalists today appear to have chosen sides when it comes to political coverage. I think you see that in the sagging approval numbers of TV news over the last few years. We've seen trust in the media hit its lowest level ever in 2013 or 2014 surveys and I think the lack of depth and the feeling that too many journalists have chosen sides has caused viewers to question whether we are giving it to them straight and whether we are making a politically balanced presentation.

Myers retired in 2014, and said that in a 2015 interview -- Another Network Ex-Reporter Explains How News Is in the Tank for Gov't -- observing press coverage of the Barack Obama presidential administration and political campaigns.