Since 2016, many media figures have decided that independent, critical thinking means anti-liberal contrarianism (from a position to the left of the DNC, initially), and if they get rewarded for reactionary takes, that's the way to go. One can start with the assumption right-wing media does not need critique because your readers/viewers already see its flaws and end up a pundit on it a few years down the road.
Since 2016, many media figures have decided that independent, critical thinking means anti-liberal contrarianism (from a position to the left of the DNC, initially), and if they get rewarded for reactionary takes, that's the way to go. One can start with the assumption right-wing media does not need critique because your readers/viewers already see its flaws and end up a pundit on it a few years down the road.