The New York Times helps Trump by not writing about some of his worst statements

NYT's coverage of the Johnstown rally, by @simonjlevien and @migold, mentions Trump's "weave" comment, but not his claim that Byron Donalds is one of the smart ones. https://t.co/f30VmOPi5n pic.twitter.com/RshQgT66qc

— emptywheel (Chuckwagon) (@emptywheel) August 31, 2024

The Times article helps Trump by leaving out his lie that 6 states allow murder of newborn babies. Here it is. https://t.co/MOnn9qAe1A

— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 31, 2024

Zero front-page coverage NYT/WaPo of Trump at Arlington.

NYT did not *even mention* it in stories yesterday about Trump riff at Arlington.

Wondering what coverage would be if KH or Walz had roughed-up staffer at Arlington, in question for photo-op. https://t.co/ZpRVBoVQcA

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 29, 2024

Yes. I would like to hear @nytopinion editors credibly deny this claim — we all suspect that when liberals criticize a piece like this for cooking the facts and engaging in disingenuous rhetorical tricks, all you conclude is something like, "this piece is a success, it's… https://t.co/k607oNelAs

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) August 26, 2024

Trump made up stories about Harris meeting Putin, that 325,000 migrant girls have been sex trafficked in the last 3 yrs & posted an anti-semitic attack on Josh Shapiro but that's just going "off script" for the Paper of Record™ not grounds for calling for him to drop out🙃 pic.twitter.com/TRAotxzBrn

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) August 24, 2024

No need to name the publication.

I wonder if the person who wrote this hed and dek could name one area of "policy," even one, in which Trump is "heavier" on details or rationale than Harris.

(Not counting 'Project 2025'.) pic.twitter.com/29AREutno4

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 19, 2024