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In reply to the discussion: So, the source of Trump's current anger at the NYT is... [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
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In a late night Twitter rant, President Donald Trump falsely accused one of his favorite media foils, the New York Times, of dispensing with objectivity and deliberately attacking him in a news story. In fact, the highly critical quote in question came from the chair of the Texas Democratic Party not Times reporters, but Trump dishonestly failed to acknowledge that in either of his online posts about the story.
Trumps Monday night outrage was aimed at a Times news analysis published on the day before, which assessed his attempt to claim the mantle of a wartime president in his response to the coronavirus outbreak. The conclusion of the long story contrasted the leadership styles of Trump with that of his likely 2020 Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. In the final paragraph, the Times clearly attributed to Texas Democrat Gilberto Hinojosa an opinion on why Bidens approach is preferable to Trumps.
Trumps Monday night outrage was aimed at a Times news analysis published on the day before, which assessed his attempt to claim the mantle of a wartime president in his response to the coronavirus outbreak. The conclusion of the long story contrasted the leadership styles of Trump with that of his likely 2020 Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. In the final paragraph, the Times clearly attributed to Texas Democrat Gilberto Hinojosa an opinion on why Bidens approach is preferable to Trumps.
https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/trump-falsely-accuses-nytimes-reporters-of-bias-based-on-critical-quote-actually-said-by-tx-democrat/
The NYT article in question: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-wartime-president.html
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Not exact link, but look at Financial Times (UK). They print on pink newspaper & says "FT". . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#35
I would like to see the comparisons in regard to percentage of population rather than total cases.
olegramps
Mar 2020
#43
Rate of spread (see chart) is direct result of leader(?) NOT obtaining Physical Distancing. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#54
I'm in a permanent state of facepalm even though I'm not supposed to touch my face.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#4
It's also a quote from the Texas Democratic Party chairman, not the Times' words.
NYC Liberal
Mar 2020
#52
You just bumped up readership of that line by a whole bunch mr trump. I may not have seen it
brewens
Mar 2020
#5
Thank god nobody was so rude as to call President Obama,.... just ...."Barry".
magicarpet
Mar 2020
#7
He is using the tactics of fascistism which especially targets the free press.
olegramps
Mar 2020
#46
Pretty thorough. Imagine what he'd accomplish with the money from the "Families First..." law.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#21
One of the best things Joe B. did for Barack Obama was that he disagreed with him ...
Botany
Mar 2020
#24
Gettin' all intellectually-nelly, eh? Cuz now "enemy of the people" don't sell well in a pandemic.
ancianita
Mar 2020
#19
Calling him president is an insult to the title. Feels wrong to even say it. It just doesn't work.
captain jack
Mar 2020
#20
I believe that the standard form is to only use the title on the first instance
grantcart
Mar 2020
#22
NYT has used that standard for decades. With all presidents. Not being a reader, he'd rant like the
ancianita
Mar 2020
#29
He will have to pull them out of his ass since he is in the anal exploritory stage of development.
olegramps
Mar 2020
#49
Hey, Mister Dipshit! Quit tweeting, quit whining, get your fat ass off the
smirkymonkey
Mar 2020
#55