Back in the spring, the big news was Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox, which had aired luridly false accusations about the company’s ballot-counting machines. Before the network settled for $787 million, the public got a chance to read thousands of damning words of internal Fox communications. The messages between executives revealed that higher-ups were aware that the stolen-election story was dangerous nonsense — but absolutely terrified of alienating regular viewers. Last week, media chatter was about another 2020 controversy: New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet’s sacking amidst a staff uprising over a conservative op-ed. Bennet this month...