James GleickI’ve read the New York Times all my life, and I worked in the newsroom for ten years, and I’ve never seen the news department along with the editorial department commit to a nakedly partisan political crusade, as they are now. Evidently they are more outraged by Biden’s determination to continue running for re-election than they have ever been by Donald Trump.
Nicole ParsonsThe readership of the New York Times is the moneyed.
The moneyed do not necessarily want to live under a Trump fascist dictatorship, but they do want a gridlocked, hobbled, & backsliding democracy that won't be able to handle crises like climate change.
They want a democracy that won't get any bright ideas like social mobility, women voting, or immigrants succeeding.
They want profitable disasters that balloon the national debt & thwart taxation on themselves.
Like a world war
Thwarting antitrust is a big issue for the moneyed too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/business/biden-antitrust-amazon-google.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/opinion/google-lawsuit-antitrust.html
Yet another reason not to let Republican Justices anywhere near the levers of power
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/briefing/google-on-trial.html
Really excellent articles on antitrust & democracy
https://www.promarket.org/category/the-role-of-the-state/antitrust-and-competition/
mrusc@Npars01 @JamesGleick Thanks for the links.
Perhaps the major focus, and successes, on Anti-Trust has the moneyed interests worried.
If interested in following topics related Monopolies and Anti-Trust, I recommend Matt Stoller's substack: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/
Perhaps the major focus, and successes, on Anti-Trust has the moneyed interests worried.
If interested in following topics related Monopolies and Anti-Trust, I recommend Matt Stoller's substack: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/
Matt Stoller is a spreading anti-Biden disinformation via his latest post.
Hard pass.
Melissa@Npars01 Agree - just unsubscribed to Stoller's newsletter.
@Npars01 TBH, I had not read his latest post prior to my recommend. This is the first where he has commented directly on political candidates (that I recall), and I was very disappointed with his comments regarding Biden, including the vague comment " How the anti-monopoly project moves forward is contingent upon who wins in 2024, whether it’s Trump, Biden, or a different and likely less populist Democrat". I would have expected Matt to recognize that the FTC would be completely gutted under Trump, and to make that point clearly.
I strongly disagree with Matt's comments regarding Biden, but still respect the writing he has done on the FTC and monopolies. Unfortunately, this latest post has left me with a bit of cognitive dissonance.
I strongly disagree with Matt's comments regarding Biden, but still respect the writing he has done on the FTC and monopolies. Unfortunately, this latest post has left me with a bit of cognitive dissonance.
No worries. His writing on monopolies still has value.