Colleagues, please stop this kind of reporting. It’s as offensive as “Who would be the local governor in Russian-ruled Ukraine?” - ThreadSky

markmackinnon.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Colleagues, please stop this kind of reporting. It’s as offensive as “Who would be the local governor in Russian-ruled Ukraine?”

Reposted from Peter Baker

Canada as the 51st state? Trump thinks it would be a boon to his legacy. But it would also be a boon to Democrats, who would gain a lot more voters. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

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pauladams29.bsky.social•4 days ago

Or, who will be the NYT White House bureau chief when the Times is bought by America’s sovereign wealth fund?

emiliewrites.bsky.social•3 days ago

Who would Putin appoint as editor of the NYT once trump caves to all his demands.

soaf.bsky.social•4 days ago

It isn't a piece on Democracy. To me, publishing it says they support Russian ruled Ukraine.

bribleck.bsky.social•4 days ago

Iraq war part 2

realdougpetepiece.bsky.social•4 days ago

Mark In case your missing Home_but_the Snow_is making getting places tres difficult

pauldecampo.bsky.social•4 days ago

Especially since there already appears to be a “Russian-ruled USA”. Maybe US pundits should focus on that.

christaylornyc.bsky.social•4 days ago

💯

powderday.bsky.social•4 days ago

And I think we see the point the author wants to share:

Populism happens outside the US but it hasn’t taken over (yet) and this could help moderates

But it’s still offensive….. the conversation cannot be normalized

lunatunes210909.bsky.social•4 days ago

Exactly. Thank you for saying this Mark.

fireeyes.bsky.social•4 days ago

I am born in USA and don't support our Inept garbage man

davetait.bsky.social•4 days ago

So it's time to coin a new term for much of the U.S. media: "Xenoblivious."

I've decided it means writing about other peoples as though they have no independent existence beyond how they relate to U.S. interests and issues, and will never see what you've written.

Xenoblivious. Good word.

rickmilliken.bsky.social•4 days ago

@peterbakernyt.bsky.social spent most of the first tRump presidency normalizing the behaviour then. He’s now lending his pen to the colonization of a sovereign nation. If you speak of that IRRATIONAL threat in rational terms you are creating a permission structure for it

mariatuttocuore.bsky.social•4 days ago

Media has been failing us and keeps doing so. This is one of the last examples: instead of condemning the invasion/aggression of a country, they normalize it with this no-sense reporting.

rubyslippers782.bsky.social•4 days ago

I agree. This is not the only tone-deaf kind of reporting I have noticed coming out of the US on this issue. I am not a big fan of people booing at other nations' anthems, but when serious issues are treated this transactionally, it should come as no surprise.

docstock.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump is right about one thing - American political reporters like Baker are, in fact, “the enemy of the people.”

antonpnym.bsky.social•4 days ago

I confess to referring to Donald Trump as the governor of Russia's newest oblast when this 51st state crap first crop up.

And, given how many Yanks are still pushing that crap, I'll do it again.

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