The media helps Trump by using wimpy
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 9, 2024
“false claims” instead of calling them lies .
Tragic–and I say that as a historian of authoritarianism familiar with the costs of such silences. https://t.co/1l9Pq6m8VD
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) September 9, 2024
Still no sign at NYT or WaPo that they at all care that one of the candidates to be President said his primary election promise — mass deportation — would be "bloody." pic.twitter.com/HOofIYUDTt
— emptywheel (oil check) (@emptywheel) September 8, 2024
Not a single word about Trump's epic, explicit, written threat to investigate & lock up his opponents under the false pretext of election cheating. Readers of the NYT simply are not being told what the stakes of the election are. pic.twitter.com/7swtgn9vZu
— Joseph O'Neill (@JosephONeillx) September 8, 2024
The New York Times’ Michael M. Grynbaum writes that moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper “won praise for their even-keeled style” in the previous debate, and he links to a story by Michael M. Grynbaum in which the only person praising their performance was Michael M. Grynbaum. pic.twitter.com/yWX8paUbrm
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 8, 2024
The key thing about Afghanistan is that there has been 100 times more scrutiny of the details of the withdrawal than of the prior 20 years of military failure, and any future president will learn the lesson that it’s a mistake to ever end any deployment for any reason.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 9, 2024
“Amplifies False Claim” is the Timesian Timid Translation of the very scary word “Lies.” pic.twitter.com/EHg95vEK15
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 9, 2024
Sad! 