Reporter @owillis.bsky.social saw a too-perfect quote from a Black voter -- ID'd as an AI worker -- in an NYT quoteboard. So he did checked -- and voila, turns out the guy is a flak for Houston Young Republicans. NYT stealth-edited the guy's bio the next day. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... - ThreadSky

bgrueskin.bsky.social • 20 hours ago

Reporter @owillis.bsky.social saw a too-perfect quote from a Black voter -- ID'd as an AI worker -- in an NYT quoteboard.

So he did checked -- and voila, turns out the guy is a flak for Houston Young Republicans.

NYT stealth-edited the guy's bio the next day. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/21/2305235/-New-York-Times-caught-passing-off-GOP-flack-as-average-Black-voter

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sunnyjim.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Turns out NYT has never actually talked to a black person

karaaley.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I saw the same on MSNBC before the election. Alex Wagner interviewed a black woman on why she supported Trump. I googled her. Was a Republican candidate for Congress. Hello some basic research media!

thetheredundant.bsky.social•15 hours ago

It’s not by accident

bgrueskin.bsky.social•20 hours ago

[pretty proud of "did checked," I must say]

bgrueskin.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Double past tense https://bsky.app/profile/sorrykb.bsky.social/post/3lipogj4kh22s

sidfinancy.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I believe in the King’s English you’re looking for “done did checked.”

sorrykb.bsky.social•20 hours ago

He checked extra.

prdblue.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Lol

gmcgiv.bsky.social•19 hours ago

very biblical: he did checked and lo! it was good.

damondarlin.bsky.social•18 hours ago

There were two instances of that in the story.

jtmlx.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I hope that young Republicans in Houston catch as much flak as possible. Then they might not be able to afford to hire any flacks.

breif3.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Pretty soon the leopards will eat his face and he'll be like, WTF they aren't supposed to eat MY face.

ketaminecaligula.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Yeah, NYT died last November. This is just the corpse losing bowel and bladder control. Watch out for the gas bubble, when you turn over the body.

kaboosemoose.bsky.social•19 hours ago

They weren’t half dead when they published the But Her Emails headline?

ketaminecaligula.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Granted

ieb123.bsky.social•20 hours ago

OWillis provides an important example of active reading and using critical thought. One must never believe everything, but assess it critically. Thank you! Let's all follow his example!

kdkrochi.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Absolutely shameful. What a violation of the once-sacred oath of journalism. The NYT is following the Washington post into the sewer.

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