[krastanov]

Most reputable news sources claim to have a "firewall" between owners and editors/journalists, i.e. they claim the owners can not tell the reporters what to do. While it is fair to be somewhat jaded, organizations like NPR and NYT uphold this ideal most of the time. (NPR being publicly funded is a weirder case)

[dogruck]

Note that NPR gets much of its funding from underwriting agreements (aka commercials). It's not accurate to describe NPR as "publicly funded."

Also, I think it is naive to claim that the NYT manages to achieve some holy grail of independence from its ownership. Remember that this is the organization that recently eliminated their fairly short-lived position of Public Editor.

[mejin]

Thank you for the response. I was unaware of the firewall concept. That does make what Sinclair is doing hypocritical, assuming that they claim to have a firewall (which the media should strive for).