So, so much wrong with this NYT story.
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) January 23, 2022
If you're going to interview a dozen insurrectionists, try to figure out why they are so fucked up. Don't just quote their inanities. This is the NYT equivalent of a freak show at the circus. 1/x https://t.co/sb1f9w5OLl
This is embarrassing stenography that, at times, enters hagiography for insurrectionists…in the New York Times. https://t.co/YgI7gFLNRr
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 23, 2022
"Many who marched"
— Magdi Semrau (@magi_jay) January 23, 2022
"A galvanizing new beginning"
"The spirit of the day carries on"
"The sense of community resonates"https://t.co/EzpSgJG7Kq pic.twitter.com/NgSXeRsDO7
Two days after it was reported that a detailed plan to seize voting machines was passed around the White House in December 2020, as part of Trump's plan to steal the presidential election, the New York Times on Sunday published a gentle profile of MAGAs who were part of a violent insurrection on January 6.Portraying the deadly coup attempt as a spiritual rebirth for right-wing activists, one that "has given them new purpose" and a sense of "community," the Times' front-page piece detailed how insurrection participants had returned home renewed and committed to the Trump cause — how the attack on the Capitol "became a galvanizing new beginning."What was missing from the article was context. The Times did not reach out to a single Democrat for a quote, or any experts in the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S., or even any Republicans who don't view an insurrection as the crowning achievement of the conservative movement. As with so many loving profiles of Trump voters over the years, no dissenting voices were allowed.The Times piece never tried to explain what the news value of the exercise was. The media's firm fixation on Trump voters isn't normal — the idea that our politics needs to concern itself with the feelings of voters who supported the presidential loser has no basis in how the press traditionally views the election season.It's all part of the paper's steadfast commitment to normalizing Trump and the dangerous movement he leads — the paper's hallmark devotion to constantly elevating white, middle-class voters from red states and portraying them as the most important political voices in America. . . .The Times remains so institutionally committed to publishing updates about Trump Voters, while whitewashing the danger they pose to this country, that the paper can no longer recognize the absurdities of the premises they use. It would be like publishing a fawning profile of Neo-Nazis who traveled to Charlottesville in 2017. Remember the Times' misguided profile of a Trump-supporting Nazi from Ohio? (Nazis are people too!) . . .This all goes back to 2016. Anxious to brush off claims of liberal media bias after Trump's surprise victory, reporters fanned out to GOP bastions to eagerly record every utterance from his supporters. We witnessed a conveyor belt of stories about blue-collar voters in virtually all-white counties inside red states announcing that they really, really like Trump. . . .When Trump lost in 2020, journalists again swooped into GOP-friendly outposts . . . as the press gave close-minded Trump supporters a platform to spread untrue claims about the election and about President Joe Biden.It was bad enough when the Times glorified Trump voters. Now they're celebrating insurrectionists.
Albany PosterRegarding "NY Times fawns over Trump's insurrection...", one is reminded of a 1938 magazine article Good Housekeeping did on Hitler showing him relaxing at his home in the Bavarian Alps. Same normalizing of a fascist leader as Sunday's front-page story in the New York Times. Then in 2025 the Times will have one of their classic 20-20 hindsight articles in which they fault everyone but themselves for the death of democracy in this country.Eric BoehlertI'm not even sure there will be the hindsight articlesMAPThere will be at least one because it will offer an opportunity to blame Dems for not stopping them and ask "what are they gonna do about it?". . .TCinLARight down there with the NYT reporting that after he was convicted and sentenced to prison for the Beer Hall Putsch, "Adolf Hitler plans to leave politics and return to his native Austria." . . .MadMatthew56Gee, funny how they NY Times has blocked commenting on that article.
I'm sorry but I refuse to believe that the New York Times profiled a random guy who walked out of Chipotle because prices rose from $8.50 to $9.00.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) January 22, 2022
He said he visits Chipotle 5 times per year. So the issue isn’t the extra 50 cents, which is negligible
— @WorldsMostHumble (@WorldsMostHumb1) January 22, 2022
The REAL issue is the extra $2.50 per year which is a catastrophic & life-changing price increase for a stockbroker. Over the course of 5 years that’s $12.50. It’s scandalous.
NYT was so committed to blaming Chipotle's *decision* to raise prices on inflation that they conveniently omitted why Chipotle *actually* raised prices. https://t.co/YyrWF3SXSj https://t.co/LUkV3OXcpk pic.twitter.com/nIhWlaOTGf
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 22, 2022
Chipotle also spent $100 Million to relocate their headquarters from Denver to Orange County because their new CEO didn't want to move.
— Bri Archer, M.S., Civil PE (@brianneg78) January 22, 2022
Also @nytimes ignores that Chipotle blamed their 4% food price increase on paying workers a whopping $13/hr, despite:
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) January 23, 2022
•$15M fine for wage theft
•$25M federal fine for food poisoning
•$38M CEO Salary
•$100M spent on moving its HQ
•$200M in corp tax cuts
•$38B market cap
😐 https://t.co/pWMnsCpWwE
But let’s ignore the cost of healthcare, a college education, or housing outpacing inflation for 4 decades. Right - it’s a f*cking bean burrito that’s breaking our backs.
— Andrew@PotomacFalls (@AndrewJBVA) January 23, 2022
Hey, quick question: Are you planning to pay back the PPP money that you scammed from the government to pay yourself with despite being your only employee, working out of your house, and not losing income as a result of the pandemic?
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 22, 2022
Not mentioning that and not mentioning that he got a probably-unnecessary $16,000+ government handout last year really shows that NYT is trying to put its thumb on the political scales here.
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 22, 2022
Goes to Chipotle 5 times a year, pays $0.50 more than he used to (supposedly). Okay, so what did he do with the other $15,997.50?
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 22, 2022
It really is amazing how much the "People won't work anymore because they're making too much on unemployment!!!" talking point gets trotted out, but nobody seems all that concerned about rich dudes scamming the PPP program for free money.
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 22, 2022
It's been quite a week for the Times.People act as if prices havent been going up their ENTIRE lives...lol
— JasonVE (@jasoneeric) January 22, 2022
The New York Times paid Kevin McCarthy’s roommate to do a “focus group” of opinions about Biden which it then passed off as legitimate research.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 20, 2022
The New York Times hired the Republican live-in pal of the House Minority Leader to cook up Biden soundbites.
Really sit with that.
One of my favourite Twitter feeds. It's frighteningly accurate.Hiring the roommate of the most senior House Republican to dumpster dive for quotes.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 20, 2022
Shameless.
The Times is Politico with a crossword puzzle.
The Hunt | They met at Wharton. With their combined average American salaries, they only earn $1.6 mil a year, plus $425K of annual interest off a small family trust fund. Could they afford a doorman pre-war pied-à-terre and a country weekend home? Here’s what they found out.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 22, 2022
Not sure who had a worse day: Trump learning he may be indicted or Biden giving a solo press conference that went on too long
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 20, 2022
The Bills and Chiefs combined to score 25 points in the last two minutes of regulation. That's a problem for Democrats.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 24, 2022
Father John Misty has announced that his new album will debut on April 8. That’s a problem for Democrats
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 22, 2022
On a chilly Rochester Friday afternoon, Nate White, a Bausch & Lomb executive who’s been working from his Pittsford home during the pandemic, walked into a Starbucks.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 22, 2022
“I was getting my usual Venti latte, which had been mid 3s,” he said. “Now it was over $4.”
He walked out.
On a blustery Brooklyn afternoon, Glenn Whiteman, a Cobble Hill banker who's been working remotely, walked into Fish Tales seafood market.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 22, 2022
"I was getting Nantucket Bay scallops, which are usually in the low 30s," he said. "These were over $40 a pound."
He walked out.
On a foggy San Francisco morning, Matt Richman, a Sea Cliff hedge fund manager, went to Andronico’s Market.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 22, 2022
“I was getting my usual cherimoya, which used to cost $4.50 a pound,” he said. “Now it was over $5.”
He walked out.
On a humid New Orleans afternoon, Chad Dawkins, a venture capitalist from New York who has purchased 187 houses in the Lower Ninth Ward to convert into AirBnBs, walked into a creole restaurant.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) January 22, 2022
"I was ordering gumbo, which was $7.25 but had gone up to $8.50."
He walked out.
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