Maridith GeuderMar 20, 2023
Melanie Sill

I’m puzzled that our major national #journalism outlets, especially the resource-rich NYTimes, have given so little attention in news coverage and followup to #Florida’s book banning, speech regulation and political interference in education. Little sense of historic context and precedents, who’s affected, who’s fighting back, much more.

#DeSantis campaign coverage mentions this as political strategy only

#USPol #journalists #NewYorkTimes

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Show threadDan KennedyMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill Really? I can't quantify it at the drop of a hat, but it seems to me that the Times' coverage has been broad and deep, focusing on the substance as well as the politics. I wonder how the nightly network newscasts have been doing.
Show threadMelanie SillMar 20, 2023
@dankennedy_nu Glad to see examples.
I haven’t seen that. Have seen a couple of pieces on DeSantis actions as political strategy. Nothing exploring it on front lines in the ways I mentioned. Post has done a little better. Chron of Higher Ed too.
Show threadDelia CabeMar 20, 2023
@dankennedy_nu @melaniesill I was about to say the same. I’ve read numerous articles in NYT.
Show threadJJ PetersonMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill Haberman and Baker now want to become the DeSantis whisperers for all the angry white people since trump is yesterday’s garbage. So many more bestsellers in the future if republicans get elected.
Show threadmudsharkbytesMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill They’re frightened of pissing off their triggered readers. They probably lose less audience by NOT reporting these kinds of things than they do when they report them - it’s pretty depressing.
Show threadJoe UchillMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill
Google news shows 6000 results at New York Times.
Show threadMelanie SillMar 20, 2023
@JoeUchill yes, I did a search before posting. Read them, especially from recent months as action intensified, and news vs commentary
Show threadPaulMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill agree. any suggestion on how we can nudge them into paying more attention to this?
Show threadMelanie SillMar 20, 2023
@planzi Hard to know, they seem to ignore / reject criticism on plarforms where people comment — readers have no advocate, and formal press criticism barely exists in any space we’d call the public square
Show threadottoMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill the GOP normalization spell is working.
Show threadJonah SteinMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill How about this headline? "The Ron DeSantis summer reading list"
Show threadMelanie SillMar 20, 2023
@jonahstein I am thinking about news coverage with depth and breadth vs commentary
Show threadJonah SteinMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill and I was thinking about the Streisand effect
Show threadDarthCDNMar 20, 2023
@melaniesill I'm sure it's deeply tied to American fear of admitting that there's publicly subsidized Nazis operating on home soil.
Show threadJordan WarshavskyMar 21, 2023

@melaniesill @donmelton

Don’t be puzzled… the unfortunate reality is that what I once thought was a misbegotten play towards “centrism” is in fact a violent listing towards remaining “relevant”.

Margins, circulation and clicks dictate coverage - not the altruistic desire to report facts on the ground.

I grew up revering the ole “Gray Lady”. It was my hometown paper.. and the paper of record. I poured over it … even as a pot-addled, attention deficit wracked, misguided teenager.

Now… 😖