‘Woke Millennials’ Taking Control of Mainstream Media: Author Amber Athey

Democrat-run, legacy mainstream media outlets are increasingly beholden to younger radical progressives, according to journalist, author, and political commentator Amber Athey.

“They thought the woke millennials were on their side … [and] quickly learned that ‘wokeism’ does not accept anything but 100 percent fealty,” said Athey during an interview with Epoch TV’s “American Thought Leaders.”

Woke millennials want the left-wing organizations to adhere to their version of political correctness and truth. And if they don’t, they will even be attacked as being racist, transphobic, sexist, etc., said Athey, Washington editor for The Spectator and author of “The Snowflakes’ Revolt: How Woke Millennials Hijacked American Media.”

Those who work in mainstream media are “overwhelmingly” of a wealthy background, are registered Democrats, and believe in far-left causes or have ties to left-wing activism, she stated.

Mainstream media outlets do not want to offend their audience, most of whom subscribe to far-left ideologies, and even run the risk of getting canceled by their own radical staff, Athey said.

In 2020, The New York Times was forced to apologize for running an opinion piece by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) that advocated for activating the military to calm the streets during rioting in multiple cities. The op-ed, headlined “Send in the Troops,” was taken down after the newspaper’s staff revolted and readers threatened to cancel their subscriptions.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) attends a press conference in Washington on July 1, 2020. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

The newspaper issued a statement on June 4, 2020, vowing to “expand our fact-checking operation” and reduce the number of opinion pieces. To explain how Cotton’s piece came to be published, they blamed a “rushed editorial process” for an op-ed that “did not meet our standards.”

These vocal millennials are the same ones that orchestrate woke mobs in colleges to shut down conservative