emptywheelNov 6, 2022

Does the NYT have a style guide somewhere that prohibits them from describing an attempted coup as such?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/us/politics/trump-special-counsel.html

Trump May Pose a Test No Special Counsel Can Pass

Former President Donald J. Trump’s apparent plan to soon announce his candidacy is challenging Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s desire to show that the Justice Dept. can operate above partisanship.

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@emptywheel Scott Alexander claims that NYT's reading of their own style guide varies (esp. in questions of that shape) wildly between different parts of NYT.

(Source: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/still-alive, grep for "no fewer than four".)

Still Alive

You just keep on trying till you run out of cake

Astral Codex Ten
Nov 6, 2022 at 10:21pmWeb