Because it’s run by Jooooooos!
Via Washington Secrets:
Pioneering female journalist Helen Thomas, who died last Saturday at 92 after covering 10 presidents, believed that White House reporters had become spineless “lap dogs” of presidents and that the press corps needed to be more left-wing because “liberal correspondents are more honest,” according to an just-published interview.
“There is no such thing anymore as the liberal press. I’m searching for a liberal,” she told a researcher for Brookings Institution scholar Stephen Hess as part of his historic project to chart the lives and careers of 450 Washington journalists.
Always a champion for liberal causes and Palestine, her views about the press and liberalism come across sharper than in any other interview.
Thomas charted the decline of liberal reporters beginning with the Reagan administration. “Look at the newspapers, look at the columnists; most of them are pretty, are very conservative, predominantly so. Every newspaper got scared and has started hiring conservative columnists,” she said. Asked why, Thomas explained, “Because of the accusations of liberalism and they want to prove that they’re not liberal. Why not be liberal? It’s the only way to go.”
She added: “What is a liberal? A liberal cares for the poor, and the sick, and the hungry. A liberal cares about the government doing for the people what they cannot do for themselves, is what Lincoln said. A liberal seeks the truth and doesn’t put the spin on anything and asks to look at the facts. I think liberal correspondents are honest. I don’t mean the others are dishonest, but what I mean is–I don’t think that liberals, liberals have an axe to grind except they really do want a better world.”