FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Former USA Today deputy editorial page editor David Mastio spoke out a few days ago about his demotion in August 2021 over his tweet that only women would get pregnant. “The top leaders of Gannett and USA Today need to take control of their newsrooms and return to the older values, or they’re going to pay the price,” Mastio told The Epoch Times.
Earlier in June, the newspaper chain with over 200 dailies decided to cut back most of its editorial pages. According to a Washington Post report, reader surveys of Gannett, USA Today’s parent company, showed the opinion pages “had lost relevance” in a time of the Internet….