“The Times for the last year has been a leading press player in pushing the idea that DeSantis is a runaway political star, and the Times’ general practice is always to treat rising Republican stars as savvy and imposing.”
“What about the fact that more than 65,000 Floridians have died from Covid-19 and 5 million have been infected under DeSantis, who has taken extreme steps that have prolonged the pandemic? The Times politely sets most of that aside.”
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NYT being afraid of its own shadow is an awful look
according to NYT, US vax rate trailing every other high-income nation by 20 pt is just happening. period. there’s no explanation according to this cowardly piece
“The same media that remains in inflation hyperventilation mode, just cannot work up the energy to consistently inform news consumers about the surging economy under President Joe Biden.”
“So attached to the idea of using economic news to bash Biden, the press doesn’t know what to do when the data demolish the media’s preferred storyline.”
wonder what it feels like to be @Spotify CEO this weekend knowing if a few more high-profile artists defect this weekend yr stock is going to absolutely crater Monday morning
btw, start of the year Spotify trading at $244. it’s now priced at $172
ie Spotify was already facing lots of problems before Neil Young story blew up
1. Conservatives are volunteering to get sick and die. Period.
2. Liberals are not trying to close schools
3. Biden cannot stop a global, mutating virus
“Nervous about offending Republicans and Fox News by depicting anti-science conservatives as flat-earth deniers who would rather risk the welfare of themselves and families than get a vaccine (developed under Trump!), the press tiptoes around the obvious insanity.”
astounding what that company has done to its corporate imagine by refusing to stand up, ever, to the torrent of Rogan lies during a public health crisis