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Bias alert - NYT usually favors [#Israel]
Live Updates: Tensions Rise Over Pro-Palestinian Protests at U.S. Colleges
I am not fond of David Brooks, but I certainly understand why he finds the Cass Report so compelling.
For cisgender people who have no pre-existing knowledge, it's really a perfect document. It is completely decorous while implying that there are too many trans people and efforts should be made to limit their numbers.#trans#transgender#news#journalism#newyorktimes
#Columbia Students Arrested Over Campus Rally May Face Other Consequences -
Students who camped in tents to protest the war in #Gaza, including the daughter of Representative #IlhanOmar, may be barred from finishing the semester.
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[Bias alert - NYT usually favors Israel]
Liberal Democrats Urge ‘No’ Vote on #Israel Aid to Pressure Biden on #Gaza
House progressives who oppose unfettered military aid to Israel are pressing their colleagues to vote against the $26 billion bill, which is likely to pass, to send a message to President #Biden.
from #NewYorkTimes [gift article link below] #Columbia, Free Speech and the Coddling of the American Right
"...many students reported receiving emails informing them that they were suspended and temporarily barred from their dorms, effectively rendering them homeless."
Jamison Foser reports that the New York Times, "a right-wing newsletter," is using the same playbook it ran last year with Christopher Rufo and Elise Stefanik against Claudine Gay. They're now using it with Rufo and Elon Musk to go after NPR's new CEO Katherine Maher.
Because this is what right-wing newspapers do: they normalize and assist the Rufos, Stefaniks, and Musks as they mount their right-wing attacks.
Alex Henderson points to a recent report by Sophia Cai showing how Trump's supporters – Elon Musk is at the head of her list – are helping him push his grievances while he's tied up by his trial.
And that makes the New York Times' normalization and assistance of Musk all the more reprehensible.
David Kurtz rips New York Times (which royally deserves the rip) for its breathless, dishonest reporting on how Melania is "said to" be unhappy that her husband's on trial – quoting unnamed persons "familiar with her thinking." He writes:
"Yesterday’s Melania piece suggests that despite everything the NYT is going to haul this worn-out coverage into Trump II.
When researchers in the next civilization are looking at signals that telegraphed the fall of the current civilization, I bet that “the fourth estate being coopted by billionaires to sway the public towards the billionaires' views on policies” will be one of the major signals.
I would be deeply ashamed if I was a journalist working for NYT.
"We stand at a stark divide in the fight to protect the reproductive liberty of women. One candidate, Joe Biden, promises to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade if he is given a majority in both chambers of Congress. The other, Donald Trump, is okay with a total ban on abortion and jailing doctors as long as gerrymandered state legislators pass a law banning abortion."
"The positions of the candidates could not be more different.
So, imagine the surprise of receiving a newsletter from the NYTimes by Jess Bidgood with the headline, 'Two Imperfect Messengers Take On Abortion.' (This article is accessible to all.)
The headline—and the article—create a false equivalency between President Biden and Donald Trump that does not exist."
-Israeli Army Withdraws From Major Gaza Hospital, Leaving Behind a Wasteland -
[article from April 2 - NYT journalists were among a small group of international reporters brought by the Israeli army to Al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday.]