have to wonder what the response from the New York Times, Politico, and NBC News will be to being supplanted by the New York Post and OANN - ThreadSky

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social • 29 days ago

have to wonder what the response from the New York Times, Politico, and NBC News will be to being supplanted by the New York Post and OANN

Reposted from southpaw

NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

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spudmonkey.bsky.social•29 days ago

They'll just suck harder.

nickhasthoughts.com•29 days ago

fash harder, probably

urbancic.bsky.social•29 days ago

fawning obeisance?

jacobclifton.com•29 days ago

🎯

knobbyburton.bsky.social•29 days ago

Fuck 'em.

knobbyburton.bsky.social•29 days ago

They had their chance. The entire point of an independent press (as far as my 54 yo ass recalls) is to be the impartial narrators of history as it unfolds.

They have failed their mission. Whether unwittingly or deliberately in the craven lust for financial gain.

They have failed.

knobbyburton.bsky.social•29 days ago

If they'd done their jobs properly over the past 10-15 years, we likely wouldn't be in this situation. This, they would likely still retain their prestigious place amongst the National Media.

Alas, they're all soulless, craven assholes. As such - sorry! You no longer have a seat at Fascism Weekly.

knobbyburton.bsky.social•29 days ago

But, I do understand that Book Deals pay a fair amount more than Day-to-day News Reporting.

Soooo... Priorities.

skyfog.bsky.social•29 days ago

💯

chrishenjum.bsky.social•25 days ago

"In an unprecedented move that's shaking up business as usual, the Trump administration -- who some say won the election because Democrats keep saying Latinx -- is moving fast and breaking things."

jerseypatrick.bsky.social•25 days ago

To be fair, I’ve never heard any Dem say Latinx. Ever.

chrishenjum.bsky.social•25 days ago

it's the platonic ideal of https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nutpicking

jerseypatrick.bsky.social•25 days ago

That’s it! And Ds have still not learned how to counter it.

elimgarak240b.bsky.social•29 days ago

Im guessing the response with be more groveling and even larger bribes to trump

elimgarak240b.bsky.social•29 days ago

will** be

been having spelling problems lately

roslynn.bsky.social•25 days ago

I’m curious about how fox feels abut being supplanted.

typocelchu.bsky.social•29 days ago

There was some speculation that media negativity surrounding Biden (for all his earned criticisms) was actually more about being irritated by a lack of access than it was about his actual faults. If so, maybe the soft-handed big media approach to Trump might turn to a gloves off approach. (Wishful)

adriana1o5.bsky.social•29 days ago

Some speculation? That’s what they did. They have zero interest in good governance but very high interest in scoops & leaks

typocelchu.bsky.social•29 days ago

In all fairness, the proposed alternative is that mass media corporations simply prefer the status quo descent into fascism, which is a completely viable alternative and the reason I hedged my statement.

adriana1o5.bsky.social•29 days ago

I think they’re fearful. They’ll dispassionately cover the descent but a few will not. everyone will be reading and relying on those few outlets for accurate information.

there will be a handful of truth tellers and the rest will be inglorious.

leftinfighter.bsky.social•29 days ago

This might be the one thing that ensures they won't bend over backwards to remain even handed.

drownignotwaving.bsky.social•29 days ago

at this point in time the saying you reap what you sow comes to mind tbh

kooshpacker.bsky.social•29 days ago

Nytimes will say its good for america

timkell.bsky.social•29 days ago

Maybe they forget about prioritizing the press conferences and access and devote more resources to investigative journalism?

Yeah right I know.

anelson1818.bsky.social•29 days ago

they'll talk about cookie recipes or something. Nothing useful.

arreffbee.bsky.social•29 days ago

Maybe we should ask @nytpitchbot.bsky.social lmao

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social•25 days ago

well this seems like something

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/trump-federal-law-power.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

afeman.bsky.social•25 days ago

Lack of access - outrageous! - is what it took.

resistmagafascism.bsky.social•25 days ago

It is all they care about.

crocwearer.bsky.social•25 days ago

day 15, turning on a burner, about to grease the pan

ratdog111.bsky.social•25 days ago

Ttrump's now a world class idiot.

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social•25 days ago

while we're here:

https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3lhgn4oi2n52x

obviouspseudonym.bsky.social•25 days ago

I'm weirdly unsurprised that the WSJ, FT, and Bloomberg have actually been very solid on various Trump-Musk shenanigans. Probably because there's very real money at stake if they melt down the economy.

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social•25 days ago

And here's Reuters:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-creates-new-power-base-washington-with-takeover-us-agencies-2025-02-05/

welcome2absurdia.bsky.social•25 days ago

*illegal takeover would be more accurate

saintloupy.bsky.social•25 days ago

They’re such cowards and wimps and fools.

nirgalm25.bsky.social•25 days ago

following the dem congressperson model of acting like a 9yo who's finding out that their parents REALLY are serious about it. theyve jokingly did the opposite as instructed, then done the instructed thing but terribly, and then successively closer to the real thing and now we have their best efforts

resistmagafascism.bsky.social•25 days ago

They are on the side of laws and truth after it no longer matters.
F* em.

nirgalm25.bsky.social•25 days ago

It always still matters. The issue is that they're always trying to do as little as possible. The indivisible/pressure group model is "current leaders are only ones who can lead enough ppl" maybe true rn but pushing them cant take us as far as we need to go

welcome2absurdia.bsky.social•25 days ago

Fina-f*cking-lly! If the NYT had had this energy over the past 10 years we might not be in this hell place now. 🤬

socio-steve.bsky.social•25 days ago

Oh is the grey lady beginning to stir?

carlygoodman.bsky.social•25 days ago

Maybe Baker fell asleep

crackedlemonade.bsky.social•25 days ago

It could be something, it could not be it's hard to tell.

realitycheck.bsky.social•25 days ago

"Brazenly Defies Laws"

"programmatic sabotage and rampant lawlessness"

"Mr. Trump has effectively nullified laws"

Look at you, NYT, growing a spine!

holz-bau.bsky.social•29 days ago

'thank you sir, may i have another'

judgemuck.bsky.social•29 days ago

stu-lowfuel.bsky.social•29 days ago

"The administration has decided to take a fresh and pioneering approach to media availability. Meanwhile, we've made a donation to the future trump library"

ppu512.bsky.social•29 days ago

Oh, cowardice and complicity, I reckon.

i.amnot.social•29 days ago

Leopards eating faces and all that, but what can they realistically do? They’ve collectively burned a lot of bridges with their liberal readership; do they try and tilt further right? I can’t imagine that works at this point

spectralevidence.bsky.social•29 days ago

Huge illegal donations to try and get back into his good graces, I'm sure.

skyfog.bsky.social•29 days ago

They’ll give another million.

maraleia.bsky.social•29 days ago

Why is Huff Post co-signing this Vichy France shit?

booktweeting.bsky.social•29 days ago

they will have enjoyed the FA more than they enjoyed the FO, but the takeaway may well be “dang, we should have kissed ass even harder” not “we should have known he was a snake when we picked him up”

threnody.bsky.social•29 days ago

politico will get comically evil; nbc will increase its maddow stern tone by 5%; nyt will go silent on trans anything, cheer on whatever shape “finish the problem” looks like for palestine, & in 2027 the editors will allow permit a small 1619 project as a treat.

jenelaina.bsky.social•29 days ago

... I'd lay down a bet on that, yeah

nataliebrender.bsky.social•29 days ago

a) NYT fawns and capitulates even harder
b) NBC tacks right, Politico shows some spine
c) ???

chasmat.bsky.social•29 days ago

The journalists will be unhappy, but the owners seem like all is proceeding to plan. Maybe there’s some kind of hybrid middle manager who’s conflicted?

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