James GleickJan 26, 2023

Imagine if the NY Times take from the beginning had been:

Biden’s lawyers find classified documents on his premises!
By immediately notifying the authorities, returning the documents, and inviting further searches, they create a political problem for Trump: Highlighting the contrast between the right and the wrong way to treat the discovery of classified documents. Trump’s indictment for obstruction now seems inevitable.

Then: Pence, too, avoids obstructing justice …

https://findinggravity.substack.com/p/the-new-york-times-invents-a-biden

The New York Times invents a Biden scandal -- and the public's reaction

This has all happened before

Finding Gravity
Show threadJoe ❌👑Jan 27, 2023
@JamesGleick But the NYT is structurally incapable of doing that. Their commitment to "both sides" means that they must find the Democrats and the Republicans guilty of an equal number of offenses. The more extreme GOP crimes become, the more Dem crimes must be found to even things up and demonstrate their "fairness".
Show threadLady GeeJan 27, 2023
@not2b @JamesGleick It ain’t fairness it’s putting their thumbs on the scale
Show threadJoe ❌👑
@travellovewine @JamesGleick I agree, which is why I put "fairness" in quotes. It is a broken concept of fairness.
Jan 27, 2023 at 3:57pmWeb