New York Times demands Cuomo resign -- in four years they never called for Trump to step down

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I will not subscribe to the NYT. These assholes ran so many Hillary Email stories that it was sickening. Here is another reason why I hate the NYT

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The Times was unequivocal. What made the clarion call so jarring was it came from the same editorial page that refused for four years to demand Trump resign from office — to conclude, as they did regarding Cuomo, that stepping down remained Trump’s “only conscionable option left,” and urging him to do the “right thing.”

Trump ran a criminal enterprise out of the White House, which everyone at the Times understood, and still the paper could not summon the courage to call for his resignation. Yet the Times sprinted into action in order to insist a Democrat step down? The contrast is stunning even if you agree, as so many Democrats do, that Cuomo should leave office.

What explains the radically different standards the Times uses for announcing sitting Republican and Democratic office holders are no longer fit to serve? How does the Times, after refusing to weigh in on Trump’s fitness for office for four years, announce Cuomo must resign less than a day after the results of the New York investigation was announced?

[Lovie777]

1. K & R . . .

[Doodley]

2. We take a plastic knife to a gunfight every time. We are told the media is liberal.

No, it isn't. There is always a double standard, and that is how we are where we are with a fascist wannabe dictator who is worshipped by the right.

[Meowmee]

6. +

[Bettie]

9. +1

There really is.

They will never call for a white Republican man to step down from anything.

[dclarston13]

13. Exactly

They could have shut him down, but he was/is good for ratings.

[zuul]

3. K&R

[lapucelle]

4. Empty virtue signlling is disgusting. The New York Times never fired Glenn Thrush.

Glenn Thrush, New York Times Reporter, Accused of Sexual Misconduct

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/business/media/glenn-thrush-sexual-misconduct.html

Glenn Thrush, Suspended Times Reporter, to Resume Work but Won’t Cover White House

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/business/media/glenn-thrush-suspension-white-house.html

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Exclusive: NYT White House correspondent Glenn Thrush’s history of bad judgment around young women journalists

Several women told Vox about their experiences with the star reporter, and the Times has suspended him pending an investigation.

Sexual harassment claims against yet another powerful man in media inspired New York Times White House correspondent Glenn Thrush to post an impassioned note on his Facebook page in October, calling on his fellow journalists to stand by women entering the field.

In the post, which linked to an article about the latest accusations against political journalist Mark Halperin, Thrush wrote, “Young people who come into a newsroom deserve to be taught our trade, given our support and enlisted in our calling — not betrayed by little men who believe they are bigger than the mission.”

It was a noble statement — but some Washington journalists I spoke to say it rings hollow, given Thrush’s own behavior with young women in the industry.

“He kept saying he’s an advocate for women and women journalists,” a 23-year-old woman told me, recounting an incident with Thrush from this past June. “That’s how he presented himself to me. He tried to make himself seem like an ally and a mentor.” She paused. “Kind of ironic now.”

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/20/16678094/glenn-thrush-new-york-times

[Meowmee]

5. I have never subscribed to them

Or any paper. They also became less and less credible quite a while ago after a plagiarism scandal. I have forgotten all of the details now. They have many good articles but too many that are problematic and there is a clear agenda imo on some issues. Some of their health advisory articles are questionable to say the least, they often have inaccurate information. In the past 25 years or so, really prolly more the media overall has dumbed itself down a great deal, mostly with sensationalism it seems.

I agree on your specific post as well.

[JohnQFunk]

7. This bumper sticker says it all.

[Duppers]

14. Love that.

Stealing.

I subscribed for 1 month yrs ago, then canceled. F them.

[liberal_mama]

8. I'm a long time subscriber to the New York Times, but I'm disgusted with them too

They should have demanded that Trump resign every day he was president. It might be a good day to cancel.

[Solomon]

10. It's damned good day to cancel!

[moondust]

11. Long before 2015

NYT--TFG's hometown rag--had to know much of his corrupt history that made him unfit for any public office. I believe they had a moral/ethical "duty to warn" but for some reason didn't.

[Me.]

12. KR

[DFW]

15. There is another possibility to consider

The Times knew of Trump's functional illiteracy, and thus decided to conserve ink.