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Mad_Machine76

(24,939 posts)
2. Sam Seder (Majority Report)
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:23 AM
Feb 2022

in his 2006 book, FUBAR made the observation that, while Fox News is problematic for all of the reasons that we know it to be, the other so-called MSM is problematic and unhelpful for progressive causes for less obvious but more important reasons.

JI7

(93,370 posts)
8. Everyone knows Fox news is right wing. So those truly interested
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 11:20 AM
Feb 2022

in just the truth will not take Fox too seriously.

But things like NYT and CNN have credibility with many of those people .

lark

(25,961 posts)
5. Misogynistic and both sides NYT - this is why I unsubsribed from them 2 years ago & won't go back.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 11:10 AM
Feb 2022

WaPost is better and has had my 1 subscription to a not local paper ever since I turned off NYT.

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
6. Completely and utterly unsurprising.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 11:15 AM
Feb 2022

Given the group of rightwing blather-butts that now occupy space in the NYT Opinion section---and yeah, I'm looking at YOU, David Brooks. That "I'm now a moderate Democrat, because the Republican Party is so icky" attempt of yours didn't fool anybody.

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
7. Let's BOYCOTT the New York Times!!!...
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 11:18 AM
Feb 2022

...until they break a big story, and then we can switch to complaining about their paywall.

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