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You're trying to have a completely different argument than the original one.
The original point was that I've seen people including @Jack V Savage claim that the WaPo is an excellent paper. I'm saying no excellent paper should sacrifice its editorial integrity to such an extent that it puts trash like the Covington High story or this n-word story on its front page given the 1000s of more important stories that deserve that placement.
I'm not arguing for government regulation of the media or whatever you're suggesting.
I don't think it's a different argument.
The function of a news organization in a capitalist society is to make money.
In order to do that they need to report on stories of relevant interest. You may not like what other people find interesting, but it doesn't mean they're doing a bad job by reporting what people want to read or listen to.



