Failure at the NYT: covering penny loafers, not corruption and nepotism (Haberman/Thrush)

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Great description from Eric Garland on how the media, notably the NYT, are normalizing Trump.


Two threads. Start here.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Worth reading the whole commentary with the excerpts from the NYT article.

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Key points:

Media still falling for Trump's incrementalism. He starts with something insane- breaking nepotism laws -and then get them arguing details.

1. Son-in-law has fake position and business in government.
2. His family are profiting.
3. He's also committing treason.
No more to add.

"Well," says NY Times guy, "this could be sort of legitimate," because they want to argue minutia.
NOPE. Nothing to discuss, actually.

There aren't two sides to this story. These guys denied ANY Russian contact, and now criminal grifter family members hang with spies.

That's not an incremental story - it's a five alarm fire of corrupt insanity. Yet, the media still treats Trump to the luxury of "balance."

Every morning should start with "President Trump, who openly asked Russia to hack our election and then hired his kids to make a profit..."

But instead, we justify every blasphemy against our democracy by treating each detail like it's up for a chin-scratching debate.
Enough.



Editorial Note: Why the f**k are we even mentioning this crooked rich kid's "personal brand and bottom line" as part of WHITE HOUSE STAFF?

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1. Well put and spot on.