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FelineOverlord

(3,851 posts)
12. Totally Disagree
Fri Oct 23, 2020, 11:58 AM
Oct 2020

This is painful for me, because I grew up reading the New York Times on a daily basis.

It was a very important part of my life. I studied journalism in high school and college and have worked as a newspaper reporter.

Their hatred of Hillary in 2016 helped lead us to Trump. They reported on Hillary's emails over 600 days in a row.

Meanwhile, everyone in New York knew that Trump was one of the most corrupt people on earth.

A few days before the election the Times claimed that Trump had NO connections to Russia, according to the FBI. None.

What happened to fact-checking?

This despite his apparent business interests in the Soviet Union the Times wrote about way back in 1987.

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/02/nyregion/trump-gives-a-vague-hint-of-candidacy.html

But "Access" Haberman is important to them despite her years of promoting Trump.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/is-trump-whisperer-maggie-haberman-changing-the-new-york-times

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/maggie-haberman-best-house-reporter-ever-hated-trump-democrats.html

Anyway, the media wants "clicks" because print in dead and this is how they make money.

Who cares if democracy is destroyed in the process?

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