The New York Times needs to do better with their Trump and election coverage

The Times is held to a high standard and they are failing. They failed in 2016 by over-hyping the Clinton emails and they’re doing it again by attacking Biden’s age. They’re pouting because he hasn’t given them an interview.

You have to love how the members of so many media and political institutions will talk about fleeing the country before they consider breaking their self-imposed neutrality and false equivocation and saying “Trump is bad, Trump is dangerous, no decent person can vote for him” https://t.co/br6VRBIyRn
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) May 5, 2024

The Exec. Editor of @nytimes believes immigration, the economy, & inflation are issues "favorable to Trump."

Just to take immigration, why would a plan for militarized mass deportations & concentration camps be "favorable to Trump?" How's a STRONG economy "favorable to Trump?" https://t.co/5FBYgodXW1
— Hank Hoffman (@HankHoffman5) May 5, 2024

Same news, two different stories. pic.twitter.com/ZtkVwOCtFj
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) May 3, 2024

Five stories about Trump today on the NYT's main page. Nothing critical. (Joe Kahn always prattles on about how they are explaining Trump to us🙄). They call him subdued (as opposed to asleep) in court. Two brief pieces about Biden that mention "gaffes" & lack of interviews
— Art Martin (@gartmartin9) April 27, 2024

The Times is found out and criticized for its petulant, unethical use of news columns to punish Joe Biden for not giving A.G. an interview. What does it do? Engage in self-reflection? Ha! It doubles down, whining about Biden. The Times is broken. https://t.co/d8VV0cwaay https://t.co/f8E6P5r2RF pic.twitter.com/pEjDqM4nkr
— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) April 26, 2024

This quote is buried towards the bottom of this Politico piece. This confirms what many had theorized for quite some time, and further undermines the credibility of the NYT's coverage of this election. https://t.co/QWe3ARAY9v
— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) April 25, 2024

Fox is more partisan than MSNBC

They’re not the same.

You’re wrong. Fox’s Sean Hannity spoke onstage at a Trump rally. Nobody at MSNBC did anything that partisan.https://t.co/KaN2Xe3kLL
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 20, 2024

New York Times political coverage failures

They go easy on MAGA extremists.

why is it always the NYT that falls for GOP nonsense? pic.twitter.com/omP95iqQyA
— Eric Schultz (@EricSchultz) March 10, 2024

Oops. Now it’s “misleading.” pic.twitter.com/jdsB9OcpHf
— Books are my 🐝FFs 😎 🚙☮️ (@are_bffs) March 9, 2024

The New York Times has yet *another* headline on the Katie Britt story. Now they’ve re-decided that Britt’s story was “misleading,” but they emphasize that she’s being criticized, which makes it a partisan-sniping thing instead of a we-all-know-politicians-shouldn’t-lie thing. pic.twitter.com/BK7YyKXPcu
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) March 10, 2024

I'm glad the @nytimes has updated the headline on its Mark Robinson 'meet the candidate' piece. After getting HAMMERED by critics for minimizing Robinson's history of vile comments, the headline has gone from calling him a "firebrand" to "…quoting Hitler on social media." pic.twitter.com/46wE6xlVVz
— Jennifer Schulze (@NewsJennifer) March 7, 2024

NYT push alert wonders whether Biden will mention Trump in state of the union. The media remains Trump’s biggest backer; they center him even when he isn’t even remotely related to the even. pic.twitter.com/cc5TrYEs00
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) March 7, 2024

New from me: Why is New York Times campaign coverage so bad? Because that’s what the publisher wants. https://t.co/iUXNEvk8KX
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) March 7, 2024

Two "takeaway" headlines from our leading paper today.

Guess which candidate got a larger share of his party's vote? pic.twitter.com/hH0eDAvBUT
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) March 6, 2024

There are more than 1,100 words in this New York Times article about a poll question about whether Trump has committed crimes.

Not a single one of those words tells readers that *a majority of Americans think Trump has committed crimes.* https://t.co/qROb1IzleR
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) March 5, 2024

This New York Times article never — not once — mentions that *in the poll to which it refers, a majority of Americans think Trump has committed serious crimes*

53% say he has; only 36% say he hasn't. The Times doesn't mention that.

cc: @maggieNYT @RuthIgielnik pic.twitter.com/Fk8m8bUiHS
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) March 5, 2024

More tweets on bad media coverage of Biden and Trump

The Times and the Post should do better.

Joe Biden won 95% of the vote, which was "an uncertain measure of wider enthusiasm", while Trump fell just shy of 60% and is described as a "crushing blow" that has him "barrelling towards the nomination"

The @nytimes loves Trump and wants him back so much pic.twitter.com/Jv6s9xf0Za
— The okayest poster there is (@ok_post_guy) February 25, 2024

oh come on — how about A Defiant Biden or An Undaunted Biden —
as the article grudgingly notes right after its belittling lede: "But even Mr. Biden’s critics acknowledge that he has gone further than any of his predecessors in relieving the debt burden for millions of borrowers" pic.twitter.com/mlQn3sGvqu
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) February 22, 2024

Great letter to the Washington Post criticizing their Trump coverage. pic.twitter.com/J1KOnvIWlW
— Horatio McFlabbergasted (@HMcdoolittle) February 24, 2024

This is arguably the biggest, most important news of the past 18 hours: An FBI informant allegedly gave Kremlin anti-Biden propaganda to top Republicans who built a fake impeachment case on it. It has Putin's fingerprints all over it.

The New York Times published it on page A16 pic.twitter.com/Otyx5OZotf
— David Badash (@davidbadash) February 21, 2024

The Biden administration and mainstream press could apparently each do a better job making it clear that House Republicans, on Donald Trump’s orders, have subverted U.S. foreign policy to advance their shared goal of helping Russia conquer Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/FjEO8tdVNo
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) February 20, 2024

every reporter in Washington will blame Democrats for this. and we can certainly up our comms game.

but not a single reporter will see this as an indictment of how the press covers Washington. https://t.co/V4jvTIUx2f
— Eric Schultz (@EricSchultz) February 13, 2024

This is just beyond parody. Even New York Times stories about Trump's authoritarianism are framed around Biden's age. pic.twitter.com/rvgIGtS1jR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 13, 2024

The very same political media absolutely loved covering Trump. They got tons of leaks. Were treated 'heroically' by many people for their coverage. Many of them got book deals. And now, none of that is the case. That's the relevant context for their coverage. https://t.co/bWAqokIlJg
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) February 11, 2024

The @nytimes published this and it’s not satire. https://t.co/hV8Q8ac7UG
— Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) February 10, 2024

This is Day 3 of NY Times reporters *choosing* to write about this issue after a clearly partisan report aimed to stir the pot.

So the question answers itself. pic.twitter.com/0EuW09W4ue
— Arin Dube (@arindube) February 10, 2024

Don’t put liars on TV – a rant by me

This is simple.

If you let them lie, then you have to correct them. They still get to spread their lie and some viewers will believe the liar, not the media.
Why should they stop lying if the networks will still have them as guests? The networks want to seem impartial but the division now is not between liberals and conservatives, it’s between people who tell the truth and people who lie. Sure, all politicians lie sometimes but you can’t compare the two parties now. About 2/3 of the Republican party believes that Biden didn’t win a fair election. As far as I am concerned, anyone who says this should never be on TV. The Big Lie is not an opinion, it’s a lie.
I am fine with people who have different opinions. I don’t want or expect everyone to agree with me. I am not fine with liars and bigots.
My mental state is better because I don’t watch the news. I was getting too angry every time Trump or his cult members were on. I can’t stand the sight or sound of him. He has done more harm to our country than anyone since the Civil War. I still keep up with the news by reading The Washington Post, The New York Times, and two local (Baltimore) papers. They have failings too but they’re better than the TV networks.
We have to remember that the networks are in it to make a profit and they had better ratings (and thus made more money) when Trump was president. Trump is awful but he’s great at drawing attention to himself. The media eagerly repeats his latest juvenile nicknames and spreads his online posts.

100% correct. This is why I stopped watching cable news. There’s no incentive for Trump and his cult to stop lying if the networks still broadcast what they say.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) February 17, 2024

MSNBC and Fox are not the same

It is fair to criticize MSNBC but they are not Fox.
There's no MSNBC equivalent to this in terms of favorable treatment of a president:https://t.co/KaN2Xe3kLL
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) February 15, 2024

The Baltimore Sun has been sold to an extreme right-wing owner

This is terrible news. I encourage everyone to read the Baltimore Banner.

Seismic move in our local media: The Baltimore Sun has been sold by Alden Global Capital to Sinclair Broadcasting (Fox45) chief David Smith, along with conservative commentator Armstrong Williams: https://t.co/Zg7R0hI82S
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) January 16, 2024

The guy who just bought the Baltimore Sun has also been a big funder of Project Veritas and Moms for Liberty. https://t.co/CclzOrolJo https://t.co/bX3BrBBZLJ pic.twitter.com/QoXpqTbkzy
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) January 16, 2024

Sinclair owner David Smith "personally" bought the Sun https://t.co/TQ5SP83kD9
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerbalt) January 16, 2024

A brief history of my alma mater:
When the Abell family sold the Baltimore Sun to an out-of-town newspaper chain, we fretted, but were told that Times Mirror was a good chain, not like Gannett or whatever. We would be fine.
When the good chain brought in an out-of-town…
— David Simon (@AoDespair) January 16, 2024

Now that David Smith, the owner of Sinclair Broadcasting, has bought the Baltimore Sun, curious how long this @phscoop story will stay online https://t.co/KzodNnnhVs pic.twitter.com/tPMcu8o6KY
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 15, 2024

The Baltimore Sun — Maryland's largest newspaper — has been sold by Alden Global Capital to David Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair. https://t.co/ZAR5LtKDe2
— Axios (@axios) January 16, 2024

New by me —>

It's a philosophical question: Is a newspaper owner worse than Alden Global Capital even *possible*?

The @BaltimoreSun — just bought by Sinclair Broadcasting's executive chairman David D. Smith — is about to find out.https://t.co/s6KI0Vnfjn
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) January 16, 2024

in David Smith’s quest for what he has described as balance, the Sun’s new owner and his TV stations have been accused of leaning too far to the political right and have run afoul of federal regulators. // from me & @justin_fenton: https://t.co/spQz8XSo7Q
— emily sullivan (@emilyasullivan) January 17, 2024

The latest media failure in Trump coverage

The networks have done less coverage of Trump rallies. However, he has manipulated them again by turning his court appearances into rallies which they will cover. I stopped watching cable news and have no regrets.

Trump has figured out that outlets won’t cover his campaign rallies but will cover this. So, campaign rallies out. Courtside rants, in. https://t.co/GSrbAFVgSW
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 11, 2024

Hopefully you will give other candidates equal time if you cover these rallies. The media has learned very little from
Trump’s manipulation of them since the 2016 election.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 12, 2024

Tweets on the decline of local newspapers

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The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers it had as of 2005 by the end of this year — rather than in 2025, as originally predicted. https://t.co/go1I4jbwEM
— Axios (@axios) January 1, 2024

Best thread of the new year: https://t.co/NVSl9L4qjw
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 1, 2024

With George Santos expelled a reminder that it was The North Shore Leader, a local, small paper on Long Island, that broke the story of his fraud before election. This is why local media is crucial and must be supported and not ignored
— Olga Lautman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) December 1, 2023

The disappearance of local news media is accelerating. Roughly 6,000 newspapers are left in America, down from 8,891 in 2005, according to a report from ⁦@MedillSchool⁩ ⁦@sarafischer⁩ https://t.co/jhASnPangg
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) November 17, 2023

New: Local Newspapers Are Vanishing. How Should We Remember Them? https://t.co/4MUFZJKAQ4
— ProPublica (@propublica) October 14, 2023

Maybe, as a competitor, I should be smiling about the demise of ⁦@NYTSports⁩. Instead, I’m sad.

Some navel-gazing about sports journalism then, now and in the future. https://t.co/whht6H98AE
— Barry Svrluga (@barrysvrluga) September 16, 2023

"A nonpartisan group of 22 foundations today announced the launch of Press Forward, a nationwide coalition committing more than $500 million over five years to help reinvigorate local news in America." @JimFriedlich explains it all here >>> https://t.co/YenRyzChBg
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 7, 2023

Read every word of this and then go save yourself some money by supporting local journalism. https://t.co/E970yjEc1i pic.twitter.com/UdPtrOG9SW
— Robert Downen (@RobertDownen_) August 9, 2023

"Newsrooms that used to have…70 people in them now have maybe 2 reporters," says @joannelipman on the declining number of newspapers in the U.S. "There are local newspapers with 0…news reporters in them." pic.twitter.com/m9bvKQCsdI
— Last Call (@LastCallCNBC) July 26, 2023

The Santa Barbara News-Press is no more. After 150 years of news gathering, the Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper posted its last online edition a month after ceasing print publication and going all digital. ⁦@ConnorASheets⁩ ⁦@RaineyTime⁩ https://t.co/lx7cA7URcx
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 25, 2023

Really distressing. The way talent doesn’t matter, or even is seen as a liability. Over and over. https://t.co/g3QD6i0KY9
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) July 17, 2023

The Los Angeles Times announced it is cutting 74 positions across its newsroom, becoming the latest media company to take a knife to its budget amid declining ad sales and audience numbers. The eliminated positions represent 13 percent of the newsroom. https://t.co/AkeVdoGjYf
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 7, 2023

https://twitter.com/farhip/status/1665908151684681729?s=43&t=rIYxMSgaBTiASp7yrXMpjA

On Sundays I sometimes feel a twinge of nostalgia for newspapers.

Here are the 20 largest U.S. newspaper print circulations, 2010 vs 2023. All 20 of today’s largest combined sell fewer than the single largest sold then. The 20th largest then would now be the 3rd largest. pic.twitter.com/5F2sVQMA2g
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) April 14, 2024

Tweets on two bad New York Times headlines

This is a hell of a way to say DeSantis won’t meet with Biden. Do you see any wording in the headline or the lede that states clearly that it’s DeSantis who is refusing to meet with Biden? pic.twitter.com/Xea18TvLSf
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) September 2, 2023

The headline for a New York Times editorial says “partisan politics” is blocking funds to fight AIDS overseas. The editorial itself specifically blames Republicans “eager to politicize a once-bipartisan issue.” But NYT writes a cowardly headline to avoid annoying Republicans. pic.twitter.com/0hTfK5PTAK
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 1, 2023

"Why doesn't the public know about positive economic news?" asks the news media whose job is making the public aware of economic news. https://t.co/TziUHAOUgS
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 2, 2023

The New York Times has a serious headline problem. In my latest column for @CourierNewsroom, I cite more than a dozen examples of how Times headlines try to sand down the sharp edges of right-wing extremism. 🧵1/6 https://t.co/ICNZsis4Dg
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 5, 2023