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Taylor Lorenz“The NYT cares more about its place in the power structure than in actually affecting that power structure. It cedes prominent column space to bad faith politicians who would like to eradicate whole demographics of the U.S. population. It dabbles in trans panic as a sort of weird hobby. And it scoffs at criticism from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party while going out of its way to heed criticism from a Republican Party.” https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/new-york-times-washed-19780600.php
haricots introvert@taylorlorenz our Big Daddy Drew is all grown up these days. I think David Roth is rubbing off on him.
Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉@taylorlorenz great article
Dean Baratta بطبطبط@taylorlorenz “You don’t have to work terribly hard to sum up this race as it stands: Harris is destroying Trump, because Trump is a deranged old s—tbag. See how easy that was?”
This is wishcasting at its worst. Harris is doing well and momentum seems to be in her favor but virtually every poll is within the margin of error and the GOP has an electoral college advantage.
That’s not “destroying”.
Mastodon MigrationIt really does feel like A. G. Sulzberger is the sycophantic dweeb who will do anything to be in the cool kids billionaires club. What a loser.
JWcph, Radicalized By Decency@taylorlorenz That's not fair!
The NYT goes out of its way to *avoid* any & all criticism from the Republican Party - meaning it anticipates what will make legacy GOPers, or even MAGA "intellectuals", happy & does its best to provide it.
- which NYT is in no way alone doing in the current #press / #media landscape, nor does it affect only US media, but NYT does display a particular panache about it...
Robert M@taylorlorenz I canceled my #nyTimes subscription during the horrific #Trump presidency. They still occasionally publish some great stuff but that's canceled out at least 10 times over by the damage they do. It's just not a serious news outlet any longer.
This is real. Sure, it's an opinion. But any reasonably sane person would think it's satire. It's journalistic malpractice publishing such nonsense. #usPolitics
This is real. Sure, it's an opinion. But any reasonably sane person would think it's satire. It's journalistic malpractice publishing such nonsense. #usPolitics
KChernecky For Democracy@rob11563 they have no credibility
Lyricismist@taylorlorenz Editorial Shareholder panic is a thing.
Barry Schwartz 🫖@taylorlorenz The New York Times is in the business of selling advertising space.
When will people understand this?
Neil Kandalgaonkar@taylorlorenz It’s indisputable that the NYT carefully positions itself for maximum influence, and this means that when fascism is rising they normalize fascism.
This even happened the first time around. The Jewish publisher soft-pedaled Holocaust stories, fearing losing influence in Gentile society if they seemed too Jewish.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-sulzberger-family-a-complicated-jewish-legacy-at-the-new-york-times/amp/
However, the article opens with a silly complaint that the NYT is a buzzkill for still treating a Trump victory as plausible. It is!
Peter van Broekhoven@taylorlorenz Honestly it’s beyond me why so many people I otherwise respect here continue to link to it and (seemingly?) hold it in high regard.