In less than a week, the New York Times has posted more than 50 articles, newsletters, podcasts, and whatever else it is the Times publishes these days mentioning a presidential horse-race poll conducted a year before Election Day. Fifty! Individually, none is more absurd than that train funding article — but the total number might be.
And Taylor Taranto? The New York Times still hasn’t told readers Donald Trump inspired his armed visit to Barack Obama’s house. Hasn’t mentioned Taranto a single time, in fact, since its initial report on Taranto’s arrest in June. Not once.
I found the original NYTimes article and it blames far-right conspiracies, but not Trump per se. Why would a national paper focus on a tiny trespassing crime? This guy acts like they’re supposed to cover every little crime religiously. Trump inspired shitloads of crimes.
You’re asking why a demonstrated insurrectionist who was arrested for making threats against political opponents and showing up at their residence with weapons shouldn’t be a matter for national attention? Seriously?
And your plan is to give the crazy nut more attention? I’m glad you’re not the one deciding this. You are literally saying “if it bleeds, it leads”. That’s the opposite of thoughtful journalism.
100% agree with this. Well said.
I think calling attention to the way Trump’s rhetoric is feeding right-wing conspiracies and violence is a necessary step to making the nation safer.
Yes. There are thousands of insurrectionists. Why would NY Times document every single thing they do? They documented his crime, what else do you want? A day by day on every insurrectionist?
Not all of them showed up at Obama’s house with a cache of weapons.