The New York Times unveiled a new puzzle today. It’s called “Find the Incredibly Important Trump National Security Scandal on Our Front Page.” It’s there alright, but so, so quiet. A one-column headline near the fold.
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I know that our expectations of the NYT are pathetically low at this point, so much so that this doesn't rile us up as much. But it really should. It is - yet again - a stunning betrayal of the NYT to the American people and to the very core of journalism. I repeat: a stunning betrayal
Gotta leave room for that enormous - nearly half a page - photo. It looks like someone(s) wanted to put the Signal leak article fully above the fold but got overruled and they enlarged the photo to absorb the space. Might be tinfoil but how often do you see a photo that large above the fold?
Also where are the stories about our incompetent senile old president. Where are they? There should be one Every effing day! I know you can do it. You did it before. I am waiting NYTimes. Do your job!
First thing this morning, I checked to see if the NYT continued to cover Signalgate. It was there, but the headline in no way reflected the seriousness of the breach. Then an hour later, it disappeared. Then an hour after that, some coverage was back. Not good enough.
Mass media, even the paper of record, is oligarch owned, ruling class media. It needs to be recognized as propaganda so we can stop pretending it’s professional "journalism”.
“GOP warms to more help for children”…WTF??? They’re “warming” to the idea? As in, they need a bit more time to come to grips w/ the idea of helping children. 😡
Shoes are more important than the most significant national security breach in years? Shoes got center placement, with a picture, between other clothing items, rather than the heads of our national security apparatus that used an unsecured phone app to coordinate missile strikes.
I mean, sure, most stories that make the cut for the first section are going to be important, but the NYT and other media orgs do this all the time, and the Signal leak is a huge story, developing in real time, about our government and it's military actions.
There’s plenty to complain about with NYT coverage, but the physical paper (1) went to print before full reporting could happen and (2) who reads the physical paper anymore (I live in nyc and can hardly find it). It’s the top story on the app tho.
Sorry. No benefit of the doubt at this point. They will have to earn that back. I swear to god that I think that column is actually smaller than the other columns by width. It’s intentional.
As loathe as I am to admit it, the Washington Post is doing a much better job including in its front page headline and coverage. I no longer subscribe to the WP (and will not again until Bezos is gone). I continue my NYT subscription, but most days it’s a tough call.
Also note on the left, that the GOP warns to help more children, as if they aren't at FAULT for children losing education support, food, medical care & libraries!!! The GOP is the one at FAULT, yet the NYT headline implies they're trying to help children. Complicity!
The press has been intimidated and threatened, they will not be reliable much longer; "free" speech will only be so if it aligns with administration policy, no criticism allowed.
The NYT has been submerging news in a sea of print for quite a long time. It's design is...well, shit. It's an effort at a kind of faux respectability, a newspaper from the past, crowded with type. Mind you a glance at almost any US news website will show the same complete fucking mess.
If only it had been a REAL scandal like storing unclassified emails on a private server.
Instead its just a minor thing of having a staff member literally in Russia being a part of an unsecure Signal chat concerning top secret bombing targets with members of the media invited.
I guess I missed information about your massive movement to boycott the NYT -- where can I find out more about that? Or are you just another feckless dude who like to have snarky Whack-a-Mole fun with the Vichy Media, instead of actually using your power & platform to do something?
Not only that, these headline soft-pedal Republican malfeasance. "Elon Poised..."? "GOP Warms..."?
No, "Elon SEIZES Billions in Contracts." "GOP DecidesbNot to Take ALL Food Away for Children.". It's like they're writing these with a gun to their heads.
everyone should recognize these MSM outlets have actively participated in election interference & shielding an illegitimate administration & actively work to silence all dissent by doing this.They’re state endorsed puppets for a wanna be dictator that are the biggest beneficiaries of project 2025.
State run media for a convicted felon and his anti-American terrorist regime as they purposely violate their oaths and wipe their asses with our Constitution.
Anyone still subscribed to the NYTimidTimes needs to rethink their priorities. This rag, of taggle writers with a few exceptions, is perpetuating the regime of DJT as legit. STOP.
To be fair, there are some other big stories to fit in on the front page. Such a great time to be in the news business, I wonder what they could have done to deserve to have so many big stories to report. 😐
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Between helping Dubya get us into Iraq and the way it's aided and abetted Trump and Republicans, the NYT has done irreparable harm to our country.
Hope it goes out of print.
Oh wait, they’re both the @nytimes.com
Woman errs, 2 column headline IN ALL CAPS
Man errs, barely makes it above the fold.
https://bsky.app/profile/aozorasf.bsky.social/post/3ll6hxbukxk2x
heart warming headline.
“Airstrike Plan Was Disclosed in Group Text”
no big deal headline.
How to recognize a hoax
If Trump calls something a hoax, it is NEVER a hoax
If Trump claims something to be true, it IS a hoax
Sartorial Flair???
Looking at this page alone makes me want to set something on fire.
Instead its just a minor thing of having a staff member literally in Russia being a part of an unsecure Signal chat concerning top secret bombing targets with members of the media invited.
No, "Elon SEIZES Billions in Contracts." "GOP DecidesbNot to Take ALL Food Away for Children.". It's like they're writing these with a gun to their heads.