New York Times creates ‘right-wing media’ beat to see what’s driving political decisions of ‘many Americans’

8/23/22
 
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8/22/22:

The New York Times has a new beat on its politics team: covering “right-wing media” as a means of better informing its readers what drives many Americans’ political decision-making, since such outlets often bear “little resemblance” to mainstream coverage.

The Times’ political editor David Halbfinger announced last week that longtime BuzzFeed News investigative reporter Ken Bensinger would “pioneer a new beat covering right-wing media as part of the democracy team on the Politics desk.”

Halbfinger declared Bensinger’s new assignment, which starts Monday, was filled with “people who reject mainstream narratives and question the institutions that hold up our democracy.

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