Jamison FoserAug 5, 2023
every time one of these not-so-secretly-racist "rising star" conservatives is unmasked as *extra* racist I do a quick check and YEP they've been published by The New York Times
Show threadmyrmepropagandistAug 5, 2023

@foser

Institutions like the New York Times have an intense desire to be seen as neutral and rational in the eyes of people who at this point have no respect for them-- and this desire is so important that any harm that might come from legitimizing people who have eliminationist ideas just isn't as important.

It's a kind of affirmative action for conservative ideas only practiced by centrist liberals.

Can you imagine centrist conservatives ever even having such a concern?

Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
@futurebird @foser the owners of the new york times aren't centrist liberals. they're just multimillionaires of the media oligarchy. they have great power but there's some whose power is greater. their positions aren't ideological. they're only financial.
Aug 6, 2023 at 2:29amWeb
Show threadjz.tuskAug 6, 2023

@blogdiva @futurebird @foser

Ding ding ding, you said the magic word: Power!

I agree that there's an incredibly low standard for a right winger to get published in the NYT, but my guess as to why aligns with blogdiva's - they want to show that they are useful to powerful people and institutions. They are the highest quality courtiers!

Show threadmyrmepropagandistAug 6, 2023

@blogdiva @foser

My husband used to work there. It's not a one dimensional institution. There are a lot of "true believers" who really think they are Doing Good -- and who maybe are like 2/3rds of the time-- there are other interests at play... but there is a surprising amount of workplace "democracy" and meetings and handwringing.

That there are so many people there who believe in the power of journalism just makes the outcomes all the more depressing.

Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Aug 6, 2023
@futurebird @foser i know quite a few people myself. am referring to the owners. at the end of the day, they're the one's setting the tone. their appeasement has nothing to do with journalism. this is looong known about NYT here in new york city. and this new generation is proving they are worse than the previous ones.