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 ...

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

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.

#KamalaHarris #Trump #NewYorkTimes #media
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[wdlindsy@toad.social]

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.

#KamalaHarris #Trump #NewYorkTimes #media
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[wb2ifs@mastodon.hams.social]

@wdlindsy this is how the #nyt displays its #WhiteSupremacy card. By the juxtaposition of the two articles: one suggesting the #bipoc candidate is essentially not qualified and the other suggesting that the openly #racist #facsist #felon is, well, a little flawed, but otherwise

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@wb2ifs Yes, I agree. Thanks for that good point.

[greengordon@spore.social]

@wdlindsy

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."

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Greengordon Thank you for sharing — yes, great commentary from Kevin Kruse.

[cindyweinstein@zirk.us]

@wdlindsy

They will not be snarking and preening when Trump jails them.

[pablomartini@climatejustice.social]

@wdlindsy

tRump is of German heritage and the 3rd generation of draft dodgers!

[eatyourgreens@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Himmler had a “fascination with genetics” too.

[strangeculprits@c.im]

@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?

[https://restlessnetwork.com/the-brutal-story-behind-central-park/]

A thumb on the scale, becomes a boot on the throat

Makes no difference to some, so long as they get to gloat

[saidit@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy What did I just read? Is this a bot account?

[the_effekt@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy

Methinks they need to re-learn the meaning of objectivity. They may be mistaking both sides-ism for it.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@saidit No, this is not a bot account.

[66gardeners@mastodon.social]

@saidit @wdlindsy
Are you a bot?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@66gardeners @saidit Thank you.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@the_Effekt My own take is that they need to re-learn that a key commitment of journalism in democratic societies is to defend and protect the democracy that makes it possible for them to seek and tell the truth.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@StrangeCulprits Thank you. A great line, "A thumb on the scale becomes a boot on the throat." Indeed.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@eatyourgreens He did, for sure, as did Hitler.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@PabloMartini Yes, he is. And his mother was a Scottish immigrant.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@CindyWeinstein No, they won't, for sure. Jail has a way of curbing all of that peacock behavior.