Terrible New York Times column

Blaming Biden for lack of media coverage is ridiculous! The media has to take responsibility for their excessive coverage of Trump and inadequate coverage of Biden.

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"Biden has not been a strong enough communicator or presence to make Trump seem irrelevant," @ezraklein writes. https://t.co/RTRr5qeg8e
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 30, 2022

Do you ever see regular people on TV who say the election was fair and Biden won? No. All you see is interviews with right-wing extremists spewing conspiracy theories. I guess basic facts would be boring TV by comparison. I’ve stopped watching cable news. /2
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 31, 2022

TV coverage of Biden’s bills focused on the Manchin/Sinema politics, not the substance of the legislation. Coverage in the New York Times and Washington Post was much better. People don’t appreciate what Biden has accomplished because TV covered political intrigue instead.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 31, 2022

More on poor coverage of the attack on Paul Pelosi by the Times

Is it just me, or is my former employer the @nytimes working very hard to avoid connecting the attempted assassination of Nancy Pelosi to right-wing extremism, years of GOP hate-mongering, and the attacker’s full-throated embrace of Trump and his lies? https://t.co/NPHIftEHA2
— James Gleick (@JamesGleick) October 30, 2022

How to take the politics out of it so as to protect the right. As though this is not a continuation of J6 domestic terrorism https://t.co/0n4h8upChF
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) October 29, 2022

If you thought perhaps NYT is saving its front page coverage of the attempted assassination of the speaker and the damage done to her husband for the Sunday edition, I fear that was mistaken. https://t.co/XPUK1Z2jy0 pic.twitter.com/OmwttQ4DfW
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 30, 2022

How numb the media has become.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 30, 2022

What is going on? At the very least we know this was no garden variety burglary. It was targeted against a political leader and it was violent. And what does Boudin’s recall have to do with this attack? Nothing. @nytimes, really, what is going on? https://t.co/2zARQvFTHB
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) October 29, 2022

Influential newspaper that published 5 A1 stories in 2 days about James Comey finding some emails that were immaterial to a trivial pseudoscandal puts single story about attempt to assassinate the Speaker of the House below the fold https://t.co/8LogsFF97o
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) October 29, 2022

LEFT: The New York Times front page when a left-winter shoots a Republican congressman.

RIGHT: The New York Times front page when a right-winger attempts to assassinate the Democratic speaker of the House and brutally beats her husband with a hammer in their own home. https://t.co/9GOeIQExOh pic.twitter.com/j4Mr0XNxuk
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) October 29, 2022

Poor coverage again by CNN

The violence problem is from right-wing exremists but they won’t say it. Cowards. In general, the media has been intimidated by Republicans.

Democrats don’t think the 2020 election was stolen. This is strictly a Republican problem but CNN won’t say it. I stopped watching CNN several weeks ago because of stuff like this.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 29, 2022

Bad coverage of the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband

Hmmm… https://t.co/WvXMQzXGpw pic.twitter.com/4a0mUz9hM4
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) October 29, 2022

On the left, NYTimes coverage of Hillary Clinton’s emails.

On the right, NYTimes coverage of a rightwing domestic terrorist attack on the Speaker of the House. pic.twitter.com/eWHy4H9vGq
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) October 29, 2022

Please read this thread.

National politics framing by the most prominent national publications will look extremely bad in retrospect, and does now.

From a few days ago: https://t.co/rsEg2iI9RW https://t.co/SydAe58flC
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) October 29, 2022

Absolutely incredible that @nytimes didn’t put above the fold an attempted assassination of the Speaker of the House—amid escalating political violence! The @nytimes repeatedly is failing to meet the moment here. pic.twitter.com/W9c4bQl9w3
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) October 29, 2022

Influential newspaper that published 5 A1 stories in 2 days about James Comey finding some emails that were immaterial to a trivial pseudoscandal puts single story about attempt to assassinate the Speaker of the House below the fold https://t.co/8LogsFF97o
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) October 29, 2022

Another example of bad New York Times coverage

This is a crystal clear example of media bias in political narratives https://t.co/2EFhNqUvZb
— Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) October 28, 2022

The “fresh evidence that the Republicans are poised to retake Congress” is that they’re not winning in any of these four polls of “archetypal swing districts,” and they’re losing one by double digits. https://t.co/aJBJfvPUOZ pic.twitter.com/ErCNqVKFl8
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 28, 2022

The NYT just released four new House polls: a GOP-held district, two Dem-held tossups, and one lean Dem district. The polls find Democrats leading in all but one, where the race is tied.

The headline: “Polls in Four Swing Districts Show GOP Strength in Midterms.”

What?
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 28, 2022

Bad New York Times tweet on GDP increase

The GDP increase was higher than predicted but you wouldn’t know it from the Times. https://t.co/FsVb7z9a3p
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 27, 2022

more positive comments on the GDP increase:

U.S. GDP accelerated at 2.6% pace in Q3, better than expected as growth turns positive https://t.co/UnMkNVD6hn
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 27, 2022

A nice GDP report: The headline is 2.6% with consumers remaining strong (+1.4%).

But it also shows moderation in key respects that should reduce some overheating, specifically nominal GDP growth slowed to 6.7% and the Fed is successfully cooling investment, especially housing. pic.twitter.com/a1PlBAmcjv
— Jason Furman (@jasonfurman) October 27, 2022

Here is today's Real GDP number against the CBO prepandemic projections from January 2020.

I still believe this recovery to trend is a remarkable achievement that is worth defending. pic.twitter.com/GWWxk1isRd
— Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) October 27, 2022

Chris Cillizza gives PA Democrats no credit

You give no credit to Shapiro and Democrats. How about an article on how PA Democrats have won the last two elections for governor and are favored to win this year?
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 25, 2022

Bad CNN and New York Times headlines

I guess they don’t want to offend Republicans so they print these misleading headlines and tweets.

The tweet should say Republican election deniers.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 21, 2022

The cowardice of New York Times headlines is exasperating. This story is all about the right-wing plot to spread disinformation. But the headline has no actor other than the disinformation itself. It’s a “mistakes were made” headline. https://t.co/88Ltf5DlHV pic.twitter.com/tbE7gz3UBm
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) October 20, 2022

Don’t put Big Lie believers and candidates who won’t accept election results on TV

How many times do I have to say this?

Don’t put Big Lie believers on TV.

I’ll add don’t put people who won’t accept election results on TV.

There is no incentive for them to change if they are rewarded with TV time while spouting their dangerous lies. Both parties are not the same. The networks should not normalize the extremist Republicans that now dominate their party.

CNN should not put people who won’t accept election results on TV.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 16, 2022

It should also disqualify her from being on TV.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 17, 2022

Terrible Washington Post Headline

This is a terrible headline. The racist election appeals are being made by Republicans. The headline should say that.https://t.co/pkF5F5iq2F
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 15, 2022