It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president
It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president
This should be the very last piece of journalism that any one takes seriously from the Washington Post.
Both them and the NYT have shown their asses when it comes to just being propaganda mouth-pieces.
We need to re-democratize our culture, and get away from this world of billionaire possession of our cultural expression. They didn't make it, and its not something they can own if we don't allow it. We need to stop taking outlets like WP or NYT seriously.
NYT at least made the endorsement, the LA Times were the other cowards.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024-endorsement.html
It's a bit weird that it's behind a pay wall
I'm not really sure what the New York Times has to do with this. WaPo is owned by a billionaire trying to hedge his bets if Trump wins and decides to take vengeance by breaking up Amazon.
NYT is fully independent.
Not sure what you mean with fully independent, but Wikipedia says "Though The New York Times Company is public, all voting shares are controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger Family Trust. "
Heh.
I read the times nearly every day. Not sure what you mean by this. Can you expand? I find their reporting on trump to be pretty real. Their interview with John Kelly straight up calling trump a fascist is pretty damning. So…
I can’t say for certain what they mean, but while their Trump coverage is solid, many people take issue with the way they are covering the Israel-Palestine conflict.
On another note, while I believe the John Kelly interview should be damning, if you believe it will make any difference you are living in a fantasy world.
They platform bad people with op ed, legitimizing the ideas
They don't consume the main stream media. And that's a great thing because then you can make up whatever you want about what they've said or not said in order to confirm whatever belief you have about them.
Alexandra Petri is courageous, Jeff Bezos is a scared little shit, spread the news.
As one who mostly read the comics on newspapers when they were a thing, this could be the much needed endorsement for that target audience.
That’s what our readers deserve and expect: that we are saying what we really think, reporting what we really see...
This is why I cancelled my subscription and switched to NYT. I need to be able to trust my news source, and I can't trust the post if all it took was a call from Bezos for them to bow and kneel.
And to lie about their reasons for doing so to their readers.
I found the NYT's sanewashing of Trump irresponsible, so I took my WaPo subscription to The Guardian. It's a sad reflection on the US when a foreign paper has better reporting than any domestic source.
The Guardian is my next choice if NYT doesn't impress. That said, I tip The Guardian very often, so I probably send more money their way than if I had a subscription.
This is why I cancelled my subscription and switched to NYT. I need to be able to trust my news source
Guess you're ignoring their genocide apologia and their constant pro-cop propaganda, then..
Oh oh, don’t forget about vocalization of anti-transgender viewpoints: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2023/new-york-times-bias-reporting-transgender-people/
"'He might forget' is not enough to hang a country on."
Its extremist views like this that are going to destroy our nation. ;p
'He's learned his lesson'
He's a fuxking grown ass adult that hasn't been held accountable for his actions. Fuck Susan Collins and all of his stupid ass enablers.
Then you can go fuck yourself you genocide supporter
Why don't you go fuck yourself you fascist genocide enabler.
Don't you people get tired of arguing in bad faith?
That’s his m.o. his real motive is most likely to get Trump elected.
I don’t normally respond to things like this because it rarely leads to any good faith arguments but I feel like I should so here goes:
Yes I’m not fond of the US involvement of what is currently going on with Israel. It’s absolutely horrific. But here’s the thing. Whether you like it or not there are two choices we currently have for president: Trump or Harris. Trump has very recently encouraged Netanyahu telling him to “do what you have to do” and expressed support for Israel’s military operations in Gaza and Lebanon. I’m sure Trump wishes he do something similar here. While Harris’ response could be a lot stronger she acknowledges the devastating humanitarian situation in Gaza, noting “so many innocent lives lost” and the “heartbreaking” scale of suffering.
And I’m not even going to get into the multitude of fascist and authoritarian things Trump has said recently, well because there are just way too many.
But supporting Harris does not mean you support genocide. It means you want this country to continue, pure and simple. Because Trump will very likely destroy it otherwise, since that is likely what he is being paid to do.
So either you are so short sighted and naive as to see this election as a response to a very single minded issue, or your primary goal is to sow distrust and create chaos. This election is too important for this kind of rhetoric.
Your distaste for the genocide that is indeed occurring in the middle east is not unwarranted. But we have two choices: reasonable and unreasonable. Which would you pick?
Happy to burn your own country to the literal ground because of what's happening halfway around the world, I see.
Reading through the comments I am curious… why do people think somebody gets into the news business, especially today? One doesn’t become a media tycoon for reporting objective news. They never have. They never will. They get into the business to control the message. Why is anybody surprised by this?
I read the times. Does it have bias? Yes. Literally impossible for any journal to not have bias. Objectivity is a myth. I think it’s more important to be able to see where that bias is, and then seek a counter balance to it.
Don’t read a single source. Otherwise you’re just another Fox News viewer.
Nothing will be perfect, but there's an editorial process. Journalists do their work trying to speak truth to power, the editors make sure their claims are fact checked and well presented. Investors cash in on sales and can (unfortunately) have a say on strategic decisions of direction and hiring and firing, but they stay out of the editorial process.
The problem here is not who "gets into the news business". The WP had already written and approved the endorsement. Their journalists got into the industry to do journalism. It's a job many people dream of, not a huge mystery.
The problem is who has the money to buy a newspaper. And when the asshole billionaire ends up doing it, how do they interfer with the editorial process.
the problem is who has money to buy a newspaper.”
Yes. That is what I was referring to.
This is flat out wrong. There are absolutely more biased and less biased sources, and practices/values held by outlets with integrity to reduce bias.
Mixing them all into one pot so you can say everything is equal to Fox News and you can’t trust anything is some serious propaganda intended to weaken the idea that there is an objective reality.
Get out of here with that nonsense.
I never stated there wasn’t a scale of bias. Nor did I mix them all into a single pot. Now did I say everything is a bad as fix news. Nor did I say you can’t trust anything. I agree with all of what you just said.
What I said was that there is no such thing as objectivity. It is impossible for a multitude of factors. The best we can achieve is an attempt at balance. And because of that you should never get your news from a single source.
How is that “propaganda” and “nonsense?”
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This article is literally proof that WaPo is right-wing propaganda and this stupid bot is still allowed to spam and call it leftist. Mods? Admins? Anybody?
It's also important the bot point out that it might be "center left" in the US. But what is "center left" in the US may be considered really right wing in many other countries.
The mods get really defensive about the bot.