Media Coverage of the Conspiracy Trial

[My Name Is Kate]

...news executives (who are far and away politically conservative as opposed to those in the newsroom)...

I'm not trying to get this thread sidetracked from the main topic, but I'm interested in hearing more info on the above statement. It actually is what I was beginning to suspect, based on some things I've been reading and watching online lately. Why would conservative executives consent to hire liberal journalists?