More anti-democratic thoughts from 2018 the NYT allowed this writer to exclude from his current piece. Delivered with an air of detached irony, as if he miiight be joking or exaggerating. But is he?
The NYT also allowed him to exclude his partisan inclinations. From the 2018 piece: "In a bland way I hope to see Republicans control various state and national offices. This arises from a single issue: the legality of abortion."
If someone's telling me not to vote, I'd like to know their take on actual policies that are at stake in the election. The NYT, apparently, does not think that's relevant.
Imagine for one second if the NYT marshaled its massive influence towards voter registration, towards supporting voting rights groups, towards encouraging people to vote and fighting people who try to stop people from voting.
Imagine if the NYT actually championed participatory democracy.
Two copy edits, because I'm a writer:
In the first post, just "July 4th" instead of "the July 4th"
In the second post, "which are" instead of "which is"
Folks have noted that including links rewards the NYT with traffic for running this article. They're right! So I'm going to delete the first post in this thread - here it is as a screenshot for context.
Look at this link at the bottom of the New York Times' "Don't vote" opinion piece.
They didn't run this as a one-off. They're trying to turn non-voting into a thing.
Repugnant.
Okay, I'm gonna stop talking about the NYT because it's done institutionally. I absolutely love numerous reporters and writers who work there. But the leaders of the paper are using it to usher authoritarianism into power. Inexcusable.
I'm thinking organized cancel. Literally and figuratively. And ad boycott. Let's send a message. At the very least, understand that if you were thinking a second Trump term is better for your bottom line, you've got another think coming. Stop committing journalistic malpractice. Do your damn jobs.
If they're too fucking dumb to understand what "enemy of the people, the failing New York Times" under a now totally unfettered Trump FOR YOUR OWN ASS, maybe let's talk money. And clicks.
No.
I'm guilting my Boomer mom into canceling. They can find another crossword source.
This is not surprising, the other day they posted a garbage piece about the legal weed rollout in New York supplied to them by the Manhattan Institute.
If it makes you feel any better, after clicking the link in your post and reading that article, I finally threw in the towel and canceled my subscription. (And sent them a little rant about it in the "why are you canceling?" field, although I have no idea who if anyone reads those things.)
