Today in FTFNYT
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New @TheRunUpNYT
: A while back, I interviewed Tom Homan, Trump’s guy on immigration. We talked about mass deportations, family separation, and accusations of white nationalism — but never aired it. Running it today after Homan was named to Trump’s cabinet
The reviews are in on last night’s “Twitter Train Wreck”
But to no one’s surprise The NY Times decided to clean everything up before their readers could see it.
unintentionally hilarious cartoon here pic.twitter.com/NxBTg9sJT8 — Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) August 13, 2024 Per Voltaire: I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it… Thank you, O Trickster Lord Murphy, for granting the fervent prayers of so many of us… Does Trump's …
It goes on from there for three more thin gruel paragraphs of whining about being the real victims and pretending to take the high road. They do take a moment to act aghast that any trans employees of theirs should feel slighted by any of this.
Of course it concludes by threatening the employment of anyone involved in such nefarious work as signing a letter to the editor. Such deviants cannot be tolerated at the New York Times.
/endrant
If you're wondering if the #FTFNYT would take a letter signed by hundreds of its own contributors seriously and engage the specific and well articulated criticisms on the merits, I have a Wordle subscription to sell you.
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/nyt-calls-own-contributors-activists
TL;DR They blew it off by writing three paragraphs to GLAAD, huffed about objective journalism, and ignored the rest. No mention in the paper itself, natch.
Co-sign on this letter to the New York Times about their atrocious anti-trans bias/coverage/obsessions. That fucking newspaper is actively harming people and should be named and shamed until it stops.
John P
Ed Wilk antifascist
Sami Juvonen
Brian Rogers
Charlie Sweatpants
Brent, in a jar