Other fact-based ways to frame these attacks are: a) part of an ongoing GOP war against higher ed because they view it as a hostile institution b) an authoritarian breaking any venues of dissent. Going with the Trump framing is a choice to support the war and give credence to the authoritarian. - ThreadSky

donmoyn.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Other fact-based ways to frame these attacks are:
a) part of an ongoing GOP war against higher ed because they view it as a hostile institution
b) an authoritarian breaking any venues of dissent.

Going with the Trump framing is a choice to support the war and give credence to the authoritarian.

Reposted from Frederick Deknatel

Every lede like this is a fundamental journalistic failure.

(There is no "relentless antisemitism on campus" and you don't need to give the administration's propaganda priority). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...

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snogg3.bsky.social•6 days ago

How to know it's the New York Times without looking to see it's the New York Times... The lede is terrible.

copernicussees.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's even simpler - education is the antithesis of modern conservatism, which relies on collective ignorance.

pottymouthpup.bsky.social•6 days ago

it will also serve to gin up support for actual antisemitism because they claim to be doing it in the name of Jews/to help Jews. This will garner broader support when they decide it's time to start blaming us for all that's wrong in the world

trampschool.bsky.social•6 days ago

It should be referred to a legally dubious practice.

edsperr.bsky.social•6 days ago

What is the legal authority that the Administration is purporting to use here? If there *were* such issues, surely the remedy would be fines/sanctions from DOE or DOJ. How On Earth is zeroing out NIH funds a legal response to non-Science concerns?

jtunes6.bsky.social•7 days ago

Regarding a), here are some actual quotes from JD Vance about higher ed: “The Universities Are The Enemy” (the actual title of one of his speeches in 2021), "We have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country", and "The professors are the enemy". 🤷‍♂️

jonathan-renshon.bsky.social•7 days ago

At the very least, one could simply lay out the facts of it, then point to the claimed motivations and interrogate them a bit. This is just like read a White House press release.

aaronsojourner.org•7 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/aaronsojourner.org/post/3llx27hj74k2o

mtnem.bsky.social•6 days ago

Well said

philipncohen.com•7 days ago

You just have to step back and see it as a systematic campaign against the entire knowledge economy. Just put it in that context, give it an umbrella term (eg #WarOnScience) and deploy a narrative. Journalists would do this if it were happening in another country.

joeygibbs.bsky.social•6 days ago

Group A: It's raining outside.
Group B: Group A is lying. It's not raining.
View From Nowhere, standing outside in the rain: Both sides disagree about whether or not it's raining.

Who's gonna fact find and generate a shared version of reality?

joeygibbs.bsky.social•6 days ago

I get being cagey about stating motivation as fact. But what's happening? Cmon.

shaidorsai.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yes, but “Support the war” and “give credence to authoritarianism” appear to be two of the bullet points on the NY Times’ mission statement.

kitchengigolo.bsky.social•6 days ago

Also worth mentioning that Mussolini needed to bring the Italian academy to heel, but for different "reasons."

hoobajoob.bsky.social•6 days ago

I think this is overkill. I want to know what the claims are, and I want to know that outlets understand that they are only claims, expect to find contrary evidence cited if there is any, and am willing to read beyond the lede to get the deets

hoobajoob.bsky.social•6 days ago

I got no problem with this lede, and outlets that go out of their way to telegraph their #resist vibes in everything that they do get a hard pass from me. fuck off, I’m an adult, I can read cold dispassionate descriptions of the claims and counterclaims

reuxben.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’d say using the party’s self-aggrandizing nickname also is apiece of this bewilderingly supportive use of language. If they called themselves the “Super Cool Party,” should we all use this cutesy “SCP” nickname? Similarly, they aren’t grand & arguably aren’t even old since converting to MAGAism.

donmoyn.bsky.social•6 days ago

Again, framing the conflict using Trump's framing here is a choice, one which reinforces the validity of his attack.

dailytrix.bsky.social•6 days ago

Is Michael C. Bender involved in all of the offending articles, or is this just a coincidence?

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