When the NYTimes tries to MAKE news.

[OneBro]

I canceled my NYTimes subscription of 10+ years after its series of right-wing hit jobs on Hillary Clinton in 2016, but I signed up again for the COVID-19 coverage (and I really missed the crossword puzzles). This morning I awoke to this invitation (below) to watch them MAKE the news instead of just, you know, critical reporting:

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Election 2020: The Evolving Electorate:
The Gen Z and Millennial Vote


Can young (or young-at-heart) voters get excited about the election if they aren’t excited about the candidates? Which issues really motivate this new generation?

Join deputy politics editor Rachel Dry as we explore strategies for combating voter apathy, with comedian Ilana Glazer; Vic Barrett, a young climate activist; and Tara McGowan, chief executive of ACRONYM, a progressive nonprofit.

Then we’ll sit down with Rhiana Gunn-Wright, the policy mind behind the Green New Deal, and Times climate reporter Lisa Friedman to discuss how climate change issues can become a powerful motivation to vote.
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Y’all would tell me if I’m just being paranoid, right?

[brooklynite]

1. To tell you that you're paranoid, I'd have to understand what your concern in...

...that they're doing a symposium with their reporters and writers?

The Washington Post does this all the time. So does the Boston Globe. So do Politico and The Hill.

BTW - the New York Times organizes group tours with its reporters and writers.

[OneBro]

4. Mostly, yes. Maybe I'm reading it wrong.

The NYT showing up at a symposium to report, question and analyze seems and feels very different from the NYT organizing a symposium to “explore strategies for combating voter apathy.”

People already know republicans don’t care about the environment - they actually seem to hate it - so the question becomes whether the Democratic Party is doing enough to woo young, voters the NYT just described as apathetic and lukewarm about the candidates. If there is no Democratic Party rep at the (NYT) symposium to explain how the party intends to address environmental issues raised, I don’t see how that will help with such apathetic voters. I do, however, think it could easily go sideways and REINFORCE the apathy by suggesting that neither party really cares about the environment.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Hate to admit it but my 2 children, both with advanced

degrees seem to pay more heed to podcasts than they do to in depth journalism. NYT and others may just be attempting to remain relevant??

[empedocles]

3. Also the NYT is a national newspaper. They don't want to be just an only liberal newspaper