Greg Pak: 7/1/2024 will go down as one of the worst days in American history, and this is how the NYT website was covering it yesterday, under seven (7)(VII) articles about Biden's age.

7/1/2024 will go down as one of the worst days in American history, and this is how the NYT website was covering it yesterday, under seven (7)(VII) articles about Biden's age.

I mean look at that subhead/tease. "Amid signs of dysfunction, Chief Justice John Roberts reasserted his authority, while the influence of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wanes." All they care about is the damn horse race. Not the elevation of the president as king. It's unconscionable.

Our country would probably be better off if the NYT would stop reporting on politics and literally just write articles about actual horse races.

Also, in that center graphic, the liberals are in washed out B&W while the conservatives are in vivid color. Maybe that's a rollover quirk with the webdesign, like how a link fades out when you point at it? If not, that's a choice and a message that clearly favors the right. Thumb on the scale.

Our country would be better off if the NYT would stop. Period.

this.

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I did months ago. Also you don’t need a subscription to play Wordle.

I will only pay for the games. Lucky past two years I have gotten the games rate for the All Access package. The Athletic is a nice bonus. Rarely read the NYT with it.

See that still gives them money and audience. That people will not suffer a small inconvenience when so much is at stake is really sad.

I get your point, but versus a full price subscription it is very little. Audience isn’t increased by only using the Games app and occasionally The Athletic. Not sure how the problem is solved since it appears a lot of the US media is doing the same viewing from Canada (1/2).

Also, loss of readership seems to just be replaced by RW investors that eventually drive decisions (Happened in many countries not just US). This further complicates the choice to cancel as a protest in my mind. So I’d rather pay much less only to make a point than cancel completely. (2/2)

You can still play Wordle, Connections, Strands and so on.

And use the wordlebot?

No idea, I’m just a casual user. But I’ve never had a NYT subscription and I’ve been playing Wordle for a long time.

I'm sure I'll live without it if I have to 🙂

And you can also, out of principle, skip to the game before the ad loads.

It’s all a game to them.

@jwomack.bsky.social I mean, if anyone still believes the Gray Lady has been on the right side of history since Vietnam, I have very attractive bridge to sell them.

I'll never not be befuddled by the sheer volume of people who hand-wave this kind of fascism cheerleading because cooking articles and word games.

Only justices who install kings get pretty color portraits.

“Volatile”.

They want Trump. They’ve always wanted Trump.

To be fair, they've been stockpiling those articles for years...

Unforgiveable dereliction of duty.

The email lady all over again.

“…while the influence of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito waned.” Such a politics-brained statement. More like Roberts joined Alito and Thomas on the far right of the court because Roberts’ party has shifted further to the right. Who gives a shit about influence if they’re all aligned?

Cancel your NYT subs

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