Margaret Sullivan offers insightful commentary on what was colossally wrong with the New York Times' choice to juxtapose clashing headlines about Kamala Harris and Trump on its site recently — and what's very wrong with the corporate media's continued ...
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Margaret Sullivan offers insightful commentary on what was colossally wrong with the New York Times' choice to juxtapose clashing headlines about Kamala Harris and Trump on its site recently — and what's very wrong with the corporate media's continued both-sidesism as they report on this presidential election.
She writes:
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by [email protected]
"Positioned directly next to each other, as they were on the Times site, they were quickly seen as a microcosm of What the Hell is Wrong with Media Today. 'This arrangement and editorial gloss may stand for, capture, the journalism about the entire campaign,' noted Josh Marshall, the founder of Talking Points Memo."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
A headline claiming (mendaciously) that Harris is refusing to make her policies clear to media read:
"In interviews, Kamala Harris continues to bob and weave."
"The other, on a story about Trump’s alarming language about migrants as carriers of supposedly impure bloodlines and genes read: In remarks about migrants, Donald Trump invoked his long-held fascination with genes and genetics."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by [email protected]
"Commenting on the second headline, the author Stuart Stevens, who writes about how democracies turn into autocracies, suggested: 'These two headlines should be studied in journalism classes for decades.'"
Sullivan reports that she responded (on Twitter/X) to Stevens, saying, "Not a bad idea," and got a snarky and supercilious (my words) reply from young whippersnapper (my words) Michael Barbaro.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
Barbaro co-hosts New York Times' Daily podcast. He responded to Sullivan's agreement with Stevens:
"“Care to explain what the issue is with these headlines?”
As she suggests, Barbaro knows full well what's wrong with them. But she explains anyway so that more of us can open our eyes and see what's going on.
The Harris headline is "a negative headline over a dubious story." It's the Times continuing its ugly attacks on Harris, in short.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
"But juxtapose it with the Trump headline, which takes a hate-filled trope and treats it like some sort of lofty intellectual interest.
That headline, wrote Stevens, 'could apply to an article about a Nobel prize winner in genetic studies.'”
Sullivan cites Kevin Kruse:
"Historians: He’s a fascist. Political scientists: He’s a fascist. His own aides: He’s a fascist. The NYT: He shows a wistful longing for a bygone era of global politics."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
And as she concludes, pointing to what Kevin Kruse says,
"That, in essence, is the issue with these headlines."
Barbaro's snarky response to Sullivan puts on full display all over again the morally vacuous arrogance that is the heart of the matter in the elite media's eschewal of honest reporting on the threat a political party now turned full fascist poses to American democracy.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
There's an elitist, totally unearned, whiff of moral superiority on the above-the-fray pretenses of many journalists at NYT and elsewhere in the corporate media. They want to dictate to the rest of us the "correct" (both-sideist) way to view moral issues regarding which they themselves refuse to take sides even when one side threatens to unravel the entire social fabric. Then they want to snark and preen and posture when called to accountability.
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Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Jesse Alexander on last edited by
@wb2ifs Yes, I agree. Thanks for that good point.
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Greengordonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
Spot on:
"a post from historian and author Kevin Kruse about Trump.
"Historians: He’s a fascist.
Political scientists: He’s a fascist.
His own aides: He’s a fascist.
The NYT: He shows a wistful longing for a bygone era of global politics." -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to Greengordon on last edited by
@Greengordon Thank you for sharing — yes, great commentary from Kevin Kruse.
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Cindy Weinsteinreplied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
They will not be snarking and preening when Trump jails them.
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Pablo Martini (Geezer)replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
tRump is of German heritage and the 3rd generation of draft dodgers!
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Evil Jim O’Donnellreplied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
@wdlindsy Himmler had a “fascination with genetics” too.
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Strange Culpritsreplied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
@wdlindsy Just who exactly does #BrokenTimes think they are impressing here? Are they truly so blithely unaware of what's at stake? Or have they backslid to their racist robber baron roots?
Are freedom-loving Americans mere "stubborn insects" to the Times board and major shareholders?
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A thumb on the scale, becomes a boot on the throat
Makes no difference to some, so long as they get to gloat
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saiditreplied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
@wdlindsy What did I just read? Is this a bot account?
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Methinks they need to re-learn the meaning of objectivity. They may be mistaking both sides-ism for it.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to saidit on last edited by
@saidit No, this is not a bot account.
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