Clashes at The Washington Post (WaPo) between publisher Will Lewis and the company’s staff highlights a growing trend of activist-minded reporters butting heads with their business side throughout liberal media — and stark decline in these outlets’ performance show their current model is simply not working. Outlets like WaPo, The New York Times and NPR have all experienced high-profile inner conflicts between management and underlings in recent months. These battles underscore a shift in media where reporters see themselves as the vanguard for democracy rather than objective fact-finders, form…
