I admire Kevin enormously. And I'm not here to argue for every NYT story. But this is a bad faith argument. Here's the current homepage lineup on the NYT app: Trump tax bill Bonds/Trump tax bill Putin/Brazil Trump/South Africa Trump/deportations Trump/intelligence rewrite Cuomo inquiry /1 - ThreadSky

dansaltzstein.bsky.social • 10 days ago

I admire Kevin enormously. And I'm not here to argue for every NYT story. But this is a bad faith argument. Here's the current homepage lineup on the NYT app:
Trump tax bill
Bonds/Trump tax bill
Putin/Brazil
Trump/South Africa
Trump/deportations
Trump/intelligence rewrite
Cuomo inquiry /1

Reposted from Kevin M. Kruse

If there's anyone at the New York Times who wants to actually cover politics, there's apparently an entirely new presidential administration in power now and it sounds like they're doing some crazy shit that might actually matter, unlike whatever the fuck this is?

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orangefire.bsky.social•10 days ago

Screenshot from this piece yesterday from political scientist Seth Masket.

I'd encourage you to read it, sir. I found it much more useful than anything in the Times because it focused on our most important issue, the threat to democracy created by Trump.

https://open.substack.com/pub/smotus/p/missing-the-story?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5xu1k

dansaltzstein.bsky.social•10 days ago

I will read it, but I’d also point you back to the post you’re replying to: I can’t vouch for every single editorial decision, but we are covering the Trump administration and its offenses very heavily.

orangefire.bsky.social•10 days ago

I look forward to more articles to help me understand why Trump Administration officials do not think citizens like Rep. McIvor possess free speech rights place prominently in the Times.

orangefire.bsky.social•10 days ago

What's a more important story?

The attempt to jail a member of the opposition party?

Or whether the Dems changed nominees fast enough?

These numbers show that journalists chose the obviously less important story.

And while this choice is inexplicable, it's not surprising.

saraasmith.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is a fair reminder that context matters. While media criticism is valid, we also have to be honest about the breadth of coverage. It’s not always about absence, it’s about how we interpret presence. Appreciate the nuance here.

dansaltzstein.bsky.social•10 days ago

AI/animation
Trump/local police oversight
Church homeless shelter/pickleball
Houthi strikes/civilian toll
Gaza blockade
Marijuana policy (first to mention Biden)
Saving birds/Chicago
"Food Babe"/Trump era
etc.

That's dozens of reporters and editors, mostly focused on covering the Trump admin. 2/2

tugrim.bsky.social•10 days ago

I'd like to see that same sort of list of day to day articles from the week leading up to election day.

capnrickysully.bsky.social•10 days ago

The problem isn’t that they’re not covering Trump. The problem is that they pulled punches on key stories that helped him get elected while focusing heavily on stories like Biden’s age. They knew a second Trump admin would sell papers. They’re covering the carnage they helped inflict. Good for them.

dansaltzstein.bsky.social•10 days ago

This goes to intent, and I just fundamentally disagree with your POV.

capnrickysully.bsky.social•10 days ago

No doubt.

“covers Biden and Trump with disproportionate standards, placing false equivalence on issues surrounding the current president to those of the former president, who is facing 91 criminal counts and fantasized about being a dictator on “day one.”
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/05/media/new-york-times-trump-coverage-backlash

capnrickysully.bsky.social•6 days ago

Goes to intent

https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3lpzsfqb4wc2p

mmorgenschoen.bsky.social•10 days ago

possibly a deputy editor of the nyt isn’t very open to your arguments

capnrickysully.bsky.social•10 days ago

Whodathunkit

ndhapple.bsky.social•10 days ago

You’re ascribing much more good faith to his criticism than is warranted

dansaltzstein.bsky.social•10 days ago

Maybe. I generally think he's great on here, and was on Twitter. Hard to assess faith, I guess.

ndhapple.bsky.social•10 days ago

Representing one story as indicative of the paper’s entire output is pretty wanton to me

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