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May 12, 2023 • 14 tweets • 13 min read • Read on X
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@nytimes normalizing coverage of DJT is as dangerous as that of #CNN

The #FrontPage NYT influences moderates/liberals/journalists.

Today an A1 abomination of gaslighting, whitewashing & normalization of DJT:
-continued assault on truth
-fascism and danger

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4 NYT journalists shameful in their erasure of Trump’s criminality, &firehose of INTENTIONAL disinformation.

The online headline is gaslighting us.

TRUMP IS INCOMPATIBLE AND AT WAR WITH AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. That is the story not “breaking norms”
@anatosaurus @froomkin Image
This is an accurate opening graph. BUT the entire piece fails to convey any of the “stakes” or harms such as the end of American democracy.

This could have been a #ChatGPT summary of the #CNN entertainment show masquerading as informing America. Image
Is this a “vision” or a threat to American democracy and society?
Why @JenniferReitman can’t the NYT include any morality in their coverage?
Is it @AGSNYT @NYTimesGuild that NYT has no position on any of these menacing “visions” of DJT? Is “adherence to rule of law” activism? Image
We are being gaslit by the NYT. This is #fascism

Please NYT consult experts outside of your ego-centric halls.
Ask @TimothyDSnyder @ruthbenghiat what they think of this “bend government” vision!

Shit ask #ChatGPT what would James Madison or Shirley Chisholm would think! Image
Why @Sulliview does @nytimes ignore your sounding the alarm?

@nhannahjones @jayrosen_nyu

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This piece is normalizing garbage. Its structure follows the NYT @maggieNYT formula center Republican perspectives.

Trump attempted an overthrow of American democracy and is a threat to all the world. Why is Mike Esper a NYT go to quote?

@tomwatson @iTweetyNerd Image
ALERT. NYT prints unfiltered anti-Biden disinformation from @JasonMillerinDC (through AccessMaggie?)

@nycscribe this piece is a failure on your shoulders.

@ElieNYC @jeffjarvis Image
This is true. Image
Please @owillis @DougJBalloon remember this NYT A1 trash if fascism lands its knockout punch on American democracy in 2024 that “the paper of record” was going with “shattering norms” instead of “corrupt fascist seeking to end democracy”.
@protecttruth_ Image
Dr. King quote almost fits to describe NYT and NYT readers who cannot see the racism and harms embodied in Trump while deluding themselves Trump is “just a candidate” and “norm breaker”. He’s worse than that. He’s a white supremacist but NYT won’t say that. @michaelharriot Image
The DAILY FAILURES of the @nytimes to cover Trump as a fascist, criminal and threat are worse than #ChrisLicht infotainment spectacle.

@MMBrussell @protecttruth_

H/t @MarkJacob16 👇
Yes @TimothyDSnyder but CNN is a corporate subsidiary of an entertainment corporation. It’s prime directive is shareholder bottom line.

This is why NYT failure to cover Trump as a fascist is MORE dangerous than #CNN
This was CNN infotainment. NYT playing its role as Trump-normalizer. @nycscribe should also have some explaining to do to @joshtpm

NYT highlighting Trumps
“breaking norms” after 7 years of depravity, criminality and Corruption is a journalistic failure.

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Sep 6
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Leading news orgs deceive the American people about the profound unfitness of Trump.
One way they do this is “sane-washing” the abnormal & his incoherency.

This is not journalism-it’s journalistic fraud & propaganda.

Let’s unpack.
#FrontPage
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@ParkerMolloy @froomkin

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Editors of all 3 leading news orgs ran A1 stories. Giving prime real visibility. Instead of objectively reporting his pathologic incoherence. They cherry picked nuggets to report. “Musk” “efficacy commission”.

This a form of deception.

H/t to @Acyn
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@Acyn Opening subhead and grafs are failures by omission.

Let’s grade them on accuracy and errors of commission and omission:

NYT. F
WaPo. F+
WSJ F

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Aug 28
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The @nytimes is failing democracy & being run by @agsnyt and @nycscribe as a Trump/GOP protection racket.

8/27 updated indictment by Special Counsel of Presidential candidate Trump

Shockingly, NYT editors do not consider this #FrontPage worthy

@jeffjarvis @NewsJennifer

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WaPo and WSJ see this significant and historic development as above-the-fold #FrontPage worthy.

Why doesn’t @nytimes ?

@NYTimesGuild any ideas ?

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@nytimes @NYTimesGuild Editorial #FrontPage CURATION shapes narrative. What is - and isn’t prioritized - reflects opinion & bias.

Choosing to deprioritize the indictment of a candidate for President to Page A11 is an indictment of the leadership of NYT.

@HillaryClinton @Will_Bunch
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Jul 11
A 🧵The @nytimes is failing democracy & being run as a Trump/GOP protection racket. Editorial #FrontPage CURATION shapes narrative. What is - and isn’t prioritized - reflects opinion & bias.
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Given the breadth of PUBLIC information about corruption and impropriety this is long overdue.

Thank you @propublica for doing journalism. NYT is bitter and jealous about you receiving the Pulitzer for your heroic work.

NYT is vanishing SCOTUS corruption.

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@propublica .@AOC introduces substantial articles of impeachment.
NYT does not deem a New York Congressperson taking such a drastic measure #FrontPage worthy.
Is @nycscribe deciding whether such articles receiving a vote in a GOP-led House make it newsworthy?
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Jun 16
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Epic media failures of omission: not showing Americans clips of Trump’s demented speeches.

#TrumpIsUnfit to be POTUS but instead of *showing* this reality, newsroom leaders deceive Americans by CHOOSING not to.

h/t to @Acyn

Ronny “Johnson”

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Trump “Battery / Shark” insane ramblings “normalized by omission” by @jonathanvswan @maggieNYT @jdawsey1 @peterbakernyt @danbalz @semaforben @AsteadWH

@nytimes @washingtonpost @wsj @NBCNews @ap @cnn @CBSNews @ABC

cc: @MarkJacob16 @NewsJennifer
@ElieNYC @NoLieWithBTC
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@jonathanvswan @maggieNYT @jdawsey1 @peterbakernyt @danbalz @semaforben @AsteadWH @nytimes @washingtonpost @WSJ @NBCNews @AP @CNN @CBSNews @ABC @MarkJacob16 @NewsJennifer @ElieNYC @NoLieWithBTC Trumps plan will kill and maim children AND defund public schools. There is no doubt of this.

#TrumpIsUnfit but corporate media refuses to say so. This enables and licenses Trump.

@PostGuild @NYTimesGuild have you any say in the newsroom? Is this the Fourth Estate?

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ALERT: #FraudulentEuphemism
Editors’ language choices have tremendous impact on Americans understanding of our world.

Today WaPo normalizes dictatorship & makes destruction of American democracy sound sexy with: “muscular Oval Office”

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This piece provides important context and “stakes” of the 2024 election. Thank you @bethreinhard

It’s unfortunate WaPo editors have softened the edges of the facts presented by their choice of euphemisms.

FYI “Post-constitutional” = dictatorship

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@bethreinhard @TimothyDSnyder We need regular Project 2025 coverage and discussion of dictatorship and fascist movements, not soft-pedaling “violating norms of exec overreach”.

IDEA: How about a weekly Sunday deep dive A1 on Project 2025?

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May 31
🧵BREAKING: Newsrooms Rush to Communicate That Trump's Felony Conviction Doesn't Matter

While many front pages prominently carried news of Trump’s guilt, our most influential newsrooms are already communicating to the public that they should not consider this a very big deal. 1/ Image
Newsrooms can make a big deal out of, and paint as a beyond the pale scandal, anything they want. That they haven't made those choices for Trump suggests a willful desire not to. News execs are choosing to normalize Trump and downplay his disqualifying behavior. Terrifying. 2/ Image
Would any other politician receive such framing? Consider, none of the articles had to be written at all. Each of those outlets could have chosen to use the occasion of Trump’s historic conviction to instead call for him to drop out of the race. Alas, a bizarre whitewash. 3/ Image
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