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Voltaire2

(15,377 posts) Tue Feb 13, 2024, 08:38 AM Feb 2024

This is an example of why the NYT is awful [View all]

Trump Steps Up, Helping Biden Just When the President Needs Him

Donald J. Trump’s stunning statement supporting a Russian attack against “delinquent” NATO allies takes attention away from unwelcome questions about the president’s age and provides the Biden camp a useful contrast.
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But in Washington, the traditional political strategy when under fire is to change the subject as quickly as possible.

And at the NYT their strategy is to undo that strategy and keep pumping the Biden dementia meme no matter what.

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This is an example of why the NYT is awful [View all] Voltaire2 Feb 2024 OP

That framing is transparent redqueen Feb 2024 #1

The MSM is owned and managed by right wing domestic oligarchs gab13by13 Feb 2024 #2

And where is that "reliable, informative news"? brooklynite Feb 2024 #8

MSM in the US are a bunch of lazy jackasses, who don't what journalism is. That these reporters actually made JohnSJ Feb 2024 #3

So now we're adding the Ivy League schools to our "things we hate" list? brooklynite Feb 2024 #9

It's a thing here jayschool2013 Feb 2024 #10

All I am doing is looking at the results. Are you happy with with Vance, Hawley, Stefanik, Cruz, etc. JohnSJ Feb 2024 #11

Are you blind to the Democratic responsibility that has been produced from some of the best schools? brooklynite Feb 2024 #13

Harry Truman jayschool2013 Feb 2024 #15

That's true. And irrelevant. brooklynite Feb 2024 #17

That was then, this is now. Both my grandfathers had an 8th grade education & were successful in business Hekate Feb 2024 #36

Sock hops...cotillions...leafy fall afternoons...toast throwing... BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #18

Wait, didn't Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren teach at Penn? brooklynite Feb 2024 #19

Not sure that cancels out the Dump stain. BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #20

Is this serious? I thought it was the republiQans who hated education. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #42

My Masters is from an Ivy. I turned out OK. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #41

"Trump Steps Up Just In Time When the President Needs Him to Take Attention Away From NYT Attacks" sop Feb 2024 #4

The New York Times is not our enemy. ificandream Feb 2024 #5

It's pretty bizarre when you have right wingers and democrats both agreeing that the NY Times is shit !!?!??! GuppyGal Feb 2024 #12

The Times (and newspapers in general) have always been the subject of criticism from both sides in their history. ificandream Feb 2024 #16

So Trump's stamina is a FACT? tenderfoot Feb 2024 #22

fair and balanced coverage of utter bullshit ain't reporting facts. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #27

This. The Unmitigated Gall Feb 2024 #29

But still ... ificandream Feb 2024 #39

"the Times is still better than any right-wing outlet" Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #43

Agreed Stuckinthebush Feb 2024 #14

I think it's obvious at this point that you work for them tenderfoot Feb 2024 #21

Don't forget Whitewater! dpibel Feb 2024 #24

Here is a comparison. SocialDemocrat61 Feb 2024 #23

When you 'both side' a fascist party and a party that supports liberal democracy, you are not an ally. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #25

Thier irrelevant connection is simple propaganda. jaxexpat Feb 2024 #6

I deliberately did not link. It was analysis from their white house correspondent. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #28

jaundice journalism et tu Feb 2024 #7

2 sentences buried in Peter Baker's analysis piece maxsolomon Feb 2024 #32

As some have predicted, MSM is bound and determined to end democracy, not sure why Eliot Rosewater Feb 2024 #26

Who what where when? maxsolomon Feb 2024 #30

Ok fine have a link. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #33

I console myself by reading between the lines. maxsolomon Feb 2024 #38

Peter Baker is the author. We need to do more than just call out the NYT. It needs to identify the writer by name. LiberalFighter Feb 2024 #31

I agree. I should have done that. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #35

Cancel beathimlikeadrum Feb 2024 #34

jOUrnAliSm iS flUiD!!! tenderfoot Feb 2024 #37

The more voices drawing attention to this the better senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #40