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Dan Gillmor Jun 30, 2024

Seems inescapable now -- in the wake of the New York Times' campaign, on both the editorial and news pages, to discredit Biden in every way -- that the institution has abandoned even the pretense of honest journalism.

Yes, Biden stunk up the joint in Atlanta, and his performance raised some legitimate questions.

But the Times continues to relentlessly normalize Trump's metastasizing evil. This is a choice. The bosses made that choice, and the journalists gladly went along.

Immeasurably sad.

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Dan Gillmor Jun 30, 2024

I would be much more comfortable with the Times' obvious anti-Biden stance if the organization would simply come out of the closet and acknowledge what it is doing: transmitting a world view through its journalism.

It is possible -- indeed IMO essential -- for journalists to be activists on some issues.

I wish the Times' activism would be directed toward saving democracy, and by extension freedom of speech.

That's not what the org is doing, which is the most disheartening part of this.

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MoJoe

@dangillmor at this point, the only question is whether they’re drones, or collaborators - but the distinction doesn’t actually matter for thinkjng people (who are not fascists): just shut them off, and find another source.