>>With all respect to Baxter and Aesop that's a nice fable, but not useful in the real world because choices real choices aren't binary.

They basically are in US elections. ;-)

BTW, I see Biden is now quoting the Atlantic's allegations that Trump called vets losers, claiming it has been validated by numerous other credible news outlets.

In response, Twitter has applied a "misleading" tag to Biden's posts and legions of fact checkers have loudly declaimed the lie, awarding 4 Pinocchios.

Except- no that hasn't happened. Even if it ever did or could, point is that a journal that creates political dirt for others to fling, can't then open its eyes wide and protest political neutrality. Whatever their motives, a cynic might suggest they're actually stepping on a rake because such antics may appear consistent with the portrayal of corporate media and the likes of Twitter and Fact Checkers as a "Fake News" cabal.