Is it just me or did anyone else think about Oberlin and Jussie when they read this? The notion and pursuit of truth appears to have been canceled by the gray lady. What to conclude about those who continue to swear by the NYT as the paper of record? And silly me as I thought NYT AND WAPO had FACT checkers
Is it just me or did anyone else think about Oberlin and Jussie when they read this? The notion and pursuit of truth appears to have been canceled by the gray lady. What to conclude about those who continue to swear by the NYT as the paper of record? And silly me as I thought NYT AND WAPO had FACT checkers
Maybe five years ago, I was snarking to my husband in the gym about how you can't trust a word the NYTimes tells you, and the woman next to me said, "I've written for the Times, and I had to go through 5 layers of fact-checking! Five! They're very thorough." I said, "Really? I don't know about other topics, but they are constantly wrong about Israel." And she said, "Well, yeah, Israel... But otherwise...!".
No recognition that if you can be so entirely wrong about one topic, you can easily be wrong about others. I'm guessing that they still do semi-decent journalism when there's no principle involved, no controversy, and they don't know or care much about the topic. So... the stories that end up on page A12 or whatever.
Oberlin & Jussie & Duke & nooses & swatzikas & the Muslim girl on the train & 30 other stories made up from whole cloth. AKA, lies.
The press quickly knew that all those "outrages" were lies but if they can further divide the populace they've done their job. Tell 10 million the lie & eventually 2 million may learn the truth but, hey, you are still left with 8 million who fear those evil white supremacists.
Fact checkers check & then lie about everything from the Right & inconsequential statements from the Left. See, they're balanced.
The Babylon Bee has far more journalistic integrity than The New York Times & I say that as a native New Yorker who read the times for over 50 years. What has happened to that once great newspaper is tragic.
These faux incidents have become so prevalent one must think there is BIG money in this stunt. I feel sorry for BYU; of all the universities that something like this could happen I would posit BYU would be way down on the list.
Sadly I kept the $$ flowing their way for way too long because I enjoyed the fashion, recipes etc. Finally realized I couldnтАЩt support and reward them anymore because of their blatant bias.
Is it just me or did anyone else think about Oberlin and Jussie when they read this? The notion and pursuit of truth appears to have been canceled by the gray lady. What to conclude about those who continue to swear by the NYT as the paper of record? And silly me as I thought NYT AND WAPO had FACT checkers
I totally made that connection Michael
DonтАЩt forget Tawana Brawley. The epithets found written in her were on her front and were upside down. Not a lot smarter than Jussie.
Outrage sells newspapers, no matter how outlandish the story is.
Maybe five years ago, I was snarking to my husband in the gym about how you can't trust a word the NYTimes tells you, and the woman next to me said, "I've written for the Times, and I had to go through 5 layers of fact-checking! Five! They're very thorough." I said, "Really? I don't know about other topics, but they are constantly wrong about Israel." And she said, "Well, yeah, Israel... But otherwise...!".
No recognition that if you can be so entirely wrong about one topic, you can easily be wrong about others. I'm guessing that they still do semi-decent journalism when there's no principle involved, no controversy, and they don't know or care much about the topic. So... the stories that end up on page A12 or whatever.
They have been seriously wrong about my area also.. forests..so thatтАЩs two topics.
Oberlin & Jussie & Duke & nooses & swatzikas & the Muslim girl on the train & 30 other stories made up from whole cloth. AKA, lies.
The press quickly knew that all those "outrages" were lies but if they can further divide the populace they've done their job. Tell 10 million the lie & eventually 2 million may learn the truth but, hey, you are still left with 8 million who fear those evil white supremacists.
Fact checkers check & then lie about everything from the Right & inconsequential statements from the Left. See, they're balanced.
The Babylon Bee has far more journalistic integrity than The New York Times & I say that as a native New Yorker who read the times for over 50 years. What has happened to that once great newspaper is tragic.
These faux incidents have become so prevalent one must think there is BIG money in this stunt. I feel sorry for BYU; of all the universities that something like this could happen I would posit BYU would be way down on the list.
I hope you are no longer a subscriber
Threw in the towel 20 years ago, the writing was on the wall.
Sadly I kept the $$ flowing their way for way too long because I enjoyed the fashion, recipes etc. Finally realized I couldnтАЩt support and reward them anymore because of their blatant bias.
I still like to go to their Opinion pages and see just how wrong I am.
The typical commenter on the NYT is certifiable.
Once great? Did you forget Walter Duranty and Jayson Blair?