Mainstream media doesn't just do a terrible job of covering higher ed; the major news outlets and magazines are actively hostile to academic workers because we directly threaten their economic interests.
We cannot expect accurate renderings of education from a magazine owned by a media conglomerate owned by a private equity firm deeply invested in EdTech.
That is, The New Yorker.
Nor from a magazine owned by a venture capital fund deeply invested in EdTech.
That is, The Atlantic.