A complete and utter failure of the National Press

[edhopper]

That the News outlets are not covering what Musk and his Keyboard Nazis are doing to the Government Funds as an ongoing Crisis comparable to the January 6th attacks on the Capitol (and it might well be worse) is nothing short of an abject failure of everything they say they stand for. This should have 24/7 reporting.
The Press aligning with the fascists never ends well.

Seems I have to explain this to some here. If the Press is not covering this in a way that shows the magnitude of the matter, that it is akin to the Jan 6th attacks, they are failing their job.

[SheltieLover]

1. And as a result the majority of Americans are completely unaware of what's going on!

Seriously!

Walk around - talk to strangers, neighbors, friends -- the do NOT know what is happening!

[edhopper]

3. I agree

sleepwalking through the country dying.

[SheltieLover]

11. Yes! And the looks people give me, like I'm nuts. Until they pull up a website or 2 on their phone at my direction.

[Irish_Dem]

2. The media has been working for the PutinGOP for a long time now.

Not at all surprising they are quiet about the coup.

[JBTaurus83]

4. Calling what we have

a free press is very generious at this point.

[Basso8vb]

5. Our media failed us in 2000.

This is all by design.

[hannah]

6. Agree

They are useless, clueless and a complete embarrassment.

[hannah]

7. I would like to add

DO YOUR JOB,

[live love laugh]

8. Why would majority Republican owned media cover their own crimes?

[unblock]

9. The framers envisioned the press as defenders of democracy and the voice of the people

Their job is to shine a light on government malfeasance.

But today's media has long since discarded journalism to reduce themselves to mere scribes, chroniclers of the destruction of democracy.

[Moostache]

10. They have a chance to redeem themselves...

I am keeping track of them... Eventually, there will be trials for complicity and for establishing guilt and restitution. Press that fail to hold to account the guilty NOW, will pay with everything they have THEN. Its a deal with the devil that they are all taking without comment - "Just don't hurt us or take away our precious access Mr. Orange Man and President Musk...we'll avoid saying ANYTHING bad about you if you will do that..."

Anyone who has a pulpit and is NOT demanding answers and following up with tough questions that demand real answers is guilty and is complicit.

Justice may be slow, but in the end, evil loses. I HAVE to believe that or I will fall into despondency and start to believe external actions are needed to mete out justice instead. Civilization does not survive when too many come to see that picture...

[bif]

12. A few of today's NYT's headlines

Elon Musk's X Becomes Weapon in Government Cost Cutting
N.Y.C. Suburb Deploys Detectives to Aid Trump's Deportation Crackdown
Trump's Thomas Cromwell Is Waiting in the Wings
The Familiar Arrogance of Musk's Young Apparatchiks

Sounds like they're on top of it to me.

[maxsolomon]

14. Oh, but that's the NYT.

They're the WORST.

That might not count, or it might count against them? Not sure. Regardless, DU cancelled their subscription, so they wouldn't know.

[bif]

17. Exactly.

Get pretty tired of the self-righteous scolding and NYT bashing.

[edhopper]

26. Banner headlines

64 point type across the top?
Or just articles?

[Autumn]

16. On top of it? You might want to re read a couple of those

They make it seem so normal.

'a life-or-death struggle between the God-fearing right and a malevolent, secular left.' Yeah, that's fucking normal.

[maxsolomon]

18. Because they don't opine within news reports, as a matter of their journalistic standards

You may not like that, but that's why it reads as if it's normal. However, anyone who reads the NYT can understand what's not being said.

The OP is claiming that "news outlets" aren't covering it at all. This is incorrect. Unless he's saying newspapers aren't "outlets" and means daytime MSNBC and CNN.

[Autumn]

21. I got news for you, that is a fucking opinion. They are not covering what is going on

"Russell Bought views American politics as a life-or-death struggle between the God-fearing right and and a malevolent, secular left.' Yeah, that's fucking normal.

The OP was right. The fucking NYT is sanitizing what is going on . That is not covering Musk and his fucking illegal activities.

[senseandsensibility]

24. Good journalism is reporting what is happening

in the simplest terms possible. Yes, I have a journalism degree. NYT is not doing that. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Autumn]

25. Thank you. At least someone gets it.

We need people like you to clear the fog.

[ancianita]

47. Yes, it is. You haven't been reading NYT's coverage. Ten pieces since Feb 1.

https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=USAID

[maxsolomon]

31. Yes, most everything I post on DU is my fucking opinion.

I have long held the opinion that traditional Journalist Standards are simply not able to deal with Trump, or the bad faith of Republican politics in general. It normalizes or "sane-washes" by the nature of the form.

Many on DU interpret this as collaboration, when even the conservative jackholes like Brooks, French, and Douche Hat in the NYT opinion section are anti-Trump.

Can you point me at an American "news outlet" that does a better job? Perhaps the Murdoch-owned WSJ? The Bezos-owned WaPo? Maybe the Patrick Soon-Shiong-owned LA Times? A Hearst-owned paper?

[Autumn]

34. There is not any American "news outlet" You want unsanitized news, truth

or have it simpy explained you won't get it here. America does better propaganda than anyone.

[bif]

23. Looks like you got someone riled up!

[maxsolomon]

32. Never interrupt the 2-minute NYT hate.

[bif]

36. Brothers in arms!

If there was a raised fist emoji, I would have used that!

[Autumn]

38. You can always use the NYT's Elon Musks little roman salute.

[Autumn]

37. bi, f you aren't riled up that's on you. Don't complain about anything Republinans do.

[Autumn]

13. It's not a national news. it's trumps private news.

[maxsolomon]

15. Ed Hopper, can you tell us where you're NOT seeing coverage of Musk?

Be specific.

[iemanja]

43. You have to make a point of not looking to avoid it.

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19989480

[ananda]

19. No, its a complete and utter success at enabling the crazy annihilation nonsense.

I don't think words like "fascism" or "nazism"
work to describe what's going on here.

I call it annihilsm!

[Oopsie Daisy]

20. Yes. Treachery. They were complicit in amplifying unflattering stories of Democrats while sane-washing Trump.

It was quite effective... but according to many I've seen spouting off online, it's supposedly "all the fault of Democrats".

[GaYellowDawg]

22. The right wing press is covering it.

They're spreading bullshit stories and talking about how Musk is brilliantly cutting horrible DEI programs, etc.

If the press did as good a job spreading information as fascists did spreading disinformation, we'd have a much more well-informed populace and there would probably be a greater proportion of the population voting on a regular basis.

[FoxNewsSucks]

27. They don't work in our interest.

They are owned and operated by billionaires and corporations, to them it's not a failure.

[Jill Hanson]

28. 🤯

Over 20 Democratic senators just voted to confirm election denier Collins for VA Secretary! So much for not voting for any of Trump’s nominees while our house is on fire! I’ve been a proud life long democrat but tired of being weak! I’m beyond frustrated. If the republicans were in our position you would hear non stop on Fox Entertainment “concentration camps” substituted for housing immigrants at Gitmo and they just want permission to use the “N” word instead of DEI. Our language, action, and messaging is pathetic!

[bronxiteforever]

29. We have to start calling them "regime media".

Because that is what they are. The mainstream media is a mouthpiece for the feudal technolords that run the Country.

[angrychair]

30. Well that might be true

But they are about to find out the hard way when things start to unravel.

[nowforever]

33. Can you imagine

What the press would do if Harris was elected and she brought in George Soros to redo our entire governmental structure. She would be getting crucified and he would be gone instantly. But a moronic malevolent narcissistic felon, well he is just doing what he said he'd do.

[twodogsbarking]

35. Waiting on the world to change; for awhile now.

And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
'Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want

[Maninacan]

39. MSM

Nothing about what is going on at the treasury.

[Skittles]

40. they are complicit

yup

[Diraven]

41. I've seen a couple of stories

But you have to scroll way down on their websites. The stories say there are "concerns", and that Democrats in Congress are sending "strongly worded letters" to the Treasury Secretary, which he is of course ignoring. They really frame it as just some nerdy dispute about computers that Americans don't need to worry about.

[iemanja]

42. A Google search turns up many stories on the subject

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/technology/elon-musk-x-doge.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/02/02/this-needs-to-stop-now-elon-musk-confirms-radical-doge-us-treasury-plan/

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/2/4/why-is-elon-musks-doge-accused-of-leading-a-hostile-takeover-of-us-govt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/04/elon-musk-government-legal-doge/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/the-unchecked-power-of-musk-and-doge/

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-21153a742fbad86284369bb173ec343c

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5285539/doge-musk-usaid-trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/doge-treasury-usaid-donald-trump-0115384

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/musk-claims-doge-lax-treasury-00201946

There are dozens more articles. Virtually every major news outlet is covering the story. Did you bother looking?

[edhopper]

57. Needing a Google search

is the problem. It's a national crisis.

[iemanja]

59. Why is it a problem?

You could have looked at any front page of any of those sources and seen a story. You must have tried hard to avoid them. But you posted a false blame the media post and got recs, which was obviously the point.

BTW, where did you think DUers got all the stories they post if not the press?

[edhopper]

60. Sorry you just don't get

The gravity of what is happening.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

44. NYTIMES is almost WORTHLESS

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219989252

NYTIMES Ignores "grave national security risk" of Musk TREASURY computers, yet NYT in 2016 Hillary's server

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.

Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg.com) 2025-02-04T13:51:31.419Z

Josh Sternberg:

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.

Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

(Image of NYTIMES front page)

[BoRaGard]

45. The press is in Brown-Noser mode, by and large

Disgustipating

[ancianita]

46. Here are 10 USAID articles from the NYT since Feb 1.

https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=USAID

The press is failing but it's not "complete and utter."

[wolfie001]

48. They enjoy rubbing elbows at fancy cocktail parties

Only the best for these spineless weasels. Maggie Haberman for example.

[Blue Owl]

49. They are in on this shit and should be considered as giving aid to the enemy

[Hassler]

50. If our Press Corpse can't Both Sides something, they just ignore it

[jalan48]

51. Just a guess but I think they have been co-opted. This is the new world of Trump inc.

[zorbasd]

52. Failure?! ........NOT!! More like total

FASCISTIC COMPLICITY!

[Mr.WeRP]

53. The media is owned by the people doing it!

What do you expect? They aren’t going to out themselves.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

54. I posted it on Facebook.

One friend said they thought it was fake. Several of us assured them that it was real.

[quakerboy]

55. they ate quite successful at what they are paid to do

They are bought and the ownership shows.

Letting them be anything except a public service was a huge mistake.

[mcar]

56. Totally agree

They are normalizing a coup.

[Meowmee]

58. Yes, don't forget they are the ones who got os into power to start with

[SocialDemocrat61]

61. Thanks for posting

Unfortunately, the usual sycophantic corporate media apologists are in the thread.

[Dem4life1234]

62. They are disgusting

I realize the oligarchy controls these idiots.

However, the oligarchy needs to learn that without a healthy and happy workforce, they would be nothing.

[Hitorque]

63. Donnie's been normalized

So nothing he does is news anymore 😞