Andrew LeaheyReading the NYTimes op-ed page these days I’m left wondering about the theoretical possibility of a knife so dull it actually unsharpens the rest of the cutlery in the drawer.
Josh, or whatever@andrew negative sharpness?
@josh Yep! A paring knife so blunted and edgeless it robs all the steak knives of whatever slight hone they had when they went in there.
In the context of the op-eds, maybe it'd be a choice in order to facilitate the "both sides" nonsense. If you're hell bent on presenting a given position as being balanced, you'd have to offset the natural tendency for the correct-thinking side to be more on the ball. i.e. “Love it, but make it dumber. Your opposing viewpoint is typing with his nose.”
PJ "Vote Green" Coffey"Reading the NYT" there's ya problem. Transphobia rots the brain because you have to believe in all sorts of obvious nonsense to accept it.
You certainly aren't wrong, on all counts.
Margaret Cushing@andrew What’s the best way to make a lot of noise about @NYT, @NPR, etc to spotlight their spineless behavior? Serious question—is there an org with credibility? Or someone I could reach out to?
@geophany A great question. In the case of the NYT specifically, they did away with the ombudsperson in 2017.
I boosted your post for answers from people more knowledgable than I. My initial thought is you'd realistically have to write something for another major publication and have it get some traction.
Failing that, canceling subscriptions works if you can get a bunch of folks to join you.
@andrew Thank you for the boost! I’ll continue my noodging because I just can’t sit by, and will see if I can find a path to publication. I do think there’s a good case for an org that will collectively call out instances of the propaganda by omission that prevails now, as well as the wall-to-wall editorializing. Someone should be smart enough (with enough prodding) eventually to stand up and become a non-cable, non-social media–drenched news source.