Journalistic priorities, in two tweets

With all credit to The Nation‘s Reed F. Richardson:

NYT says it won’t decide right away if it plans on replacing its lone labor reporter, who’s taking a buyout… http://t.co/6EpnEcXrSB

— Reed F. Richardson (@reedfrich) December 3, 2014

 

Meanwhile, it has *14* reporters contributing to its Wall Street-cheerleading sub-site, DealBook. #priorities http://t.co/fSgADP4HVS

— Reed F. Richardson (@reedfrich) December 3, 2014

The reporter in question is Steven Greenhouse, who has been at the NYT for 31 years and is one of the best labor journalists in the country (and one of the two remaining regular labor reporters at major daily newspapers; only The Wall Street Journal has someone regularly on that beat now). But, you know, stories about labor don’t sell subscriptions and advertisements the way that sycophantic slobbering paeans to the indescribable majesty and benevolence of major corporations do, so Greenhouse just had to go.