The work of independent journalists is more important than ever before.
Correct, and they're stealing viewers from these corporate media orgs like NYT. A lot of young people are getting their news from independent journalists on Youtube like Nick Shirley.
They have a robust paying subscriber base that supports them and don't have an owner whose last name rhymes with Pesos who can axe a story just because he doesn't like what it says.
That they publish articles that put Republicans in an unfavorable light is I think because Republicans are doing things that put themselves in an unfavorable light.
To your point, there have been at least a few articles I've seen that put Democrats in an unfavorable light as well.
And for what it's worth I consume news outlets that lean both ways. What's more important to me is factual accuracy.
NYT had $2.82B in revenue in 2025.
I recommend you actually go and read those fiches. The press was not historically high quality. Mass media has had the same problems for decades.
What it used to have was genuine independent competition.