"When journalists at DNAInfo tried to unionize, the site was shut down. Retaliating against journalists for wanting to be in a union so they can have a standard of living that allows them to do their job—I refuse to call them “benefits”—encapsulates everything wrong with the journalism world."
I value journalism and would like to see journalists make a living wage. But I don't think this framing is helpful. You can call it "retaliation" but no one operates a business for the purpose of losing money. Some *very* rich guys are willing to do that . . . for the time being. If you are not looking at the whole problem then your analysis is incomplete at best.
"When journalists at DNAInfo tried to unionize, the site was shut down. Retaliating against journalists for wanting to be in a union so they can have a standard of living that allows them to do their job—I refuse to call them “benefits”—encapsulates everything wrong with the journalism world."
I value journalism and would like to see journalists make a living wage. But I don't think this framing is helpful. You can call it "retaliation" but no one operates a business for the purpose of losing money. Some *very* rich guys are willing to do that . . . for the time being. If you are not looking at the whole problem then your analysis is incomplete at best.