For exactly the types of things you outlined, I've cut out the NYTimes from my media feeds. It's getting downright ridiculous. Oddly enough, the number of random newsletters, campaign materials and other garbage has decreased as well. I should note that my university employer has a site license for NYTimes, and it doesn't seem worth it. Good riddance!
After a weekend of contemplation, I cancelled my Washington Post subscription too. WaPo could have said back in January that they weren't going to endorse any candidate, but instead they waited until 11 days before the election. There is only one real choice in this election, and it ain't the Nazi buffoon from Mar-a-Lardo, and if WaPo is too scared to endorse that only candidate, that makes them complicit and I want nothing to do with them in spite of their inspired past. They have fallen to corporate greed, just as the NYTimes has.
All of this is just like trump said---he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue & get away with it. This is the same thing. No repub is even trying to hide what they say even though these politicians should have more restraint. Why do people vote them in to represent them/us. It's horrendous. And the media is totally to blame!
Thanks for this. What you mention seems like the real news- that the photo op was staged in a closed McDonalds and food was only given to selected supporters in a mock event. That should be a headline. Why haven't I seen that mentioned elsewhere? I just keep seeing the cute photo. The New York Times seems to be giving him a pass, politely minimizing his grotesque moments, then dutifully mentioning Harris's weaker ones. I used to respect the Times. There's a thumb on the scale and we could all pay the price. Why? Is it just not news when a scoundrel says something truly stupid, but it is when smart woman hesitates or misspeaks? I'm often reminded of the lines in the poem- "The best lack all conviction, while the worst- are full of passionate intensity."
For exactly the types of things you outlined, I've cut out the NYTimes from my media feeds. It's getting downright ridiculous. Oddly enough, the number of random newsletters, campaign materials and other garbage has decreased as well. I should note that my university employer has a site license for NYTimes, and it doesn't seem worth it. Good riddance!
After a weekend of contemplation, I cancelled my Washington Post subscription too. WaPo could have said back in January that they weren't going to endorse any candidate, but instead they waited until 11 days before the election. There is only one real choice in this election, and it ain't the Nazi buffoon from Mar-a-Lardo, and if WaPo is too scared to endorse that only candidate, that makes them complicit and I want nothing to do with them in spite of their inspired past. They have fallen to corporate greed, just as the NYTimes has.
All of this is just like trump said---he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue & get away with it. This is the same thing. No repub is even trying to hide what they say even though these politicians should have more restraint. Why do people vote them in to represent them/us. It's horrendous. And the media is totally to blame!
Well framed. Calm and to the point.
Thanks for this. What you mention seems like the real news- that the photo op was staged in a closed McDonalds and food was only given to selected supporters in a mock event. That should be a headline. Why haven't I seen that mentioned elsewhere? I just keep seeing the cute photo. The New York Times seems to be giving him a pass, politely minimizing his grotesque moments, then dutifully mentioning Harris's weaker ones. I used to respect the Times. There's a thumb on the scale and we could all pay the price. Why? Is it just not news when a scoundrel says something truly stupid, but it is when smart woman hesitates or misspeaks? I'm often reminded of the lines in the poem- "The best lack all conviction, while the worst- are full of passionate intensity."