![]() ![]() The man responsible for that rash decision, top editor Dean Baquet, later said the Rutenberg piece “nailed” his thinking, and went on to insist that Trump “challenged our language” and that “He will have changed journalism.”īaquet also said of the struggle for fairness, “I think that Trump has ended that struggle,” adding: “we now say stuff. The standards, developed over decades to force reporters and editors to be fair and to build public trust, were effectively eliminated as too restrictive for the Trump phenomenon. That wasn’t one reporter talking - it was policy. Not after it announced that it was breaking its rules of coverage because Trump didn’t deserve fairness.Īs media columnist Jim Rutenberg put it in August, most Times reporters saw Trump “as an abnormal and potentially dangerous candidate” and thus couldn’t be even-handed. Sulzberger’s letter alludes to this, promising that the paper will “striv always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you.”īut bad or sloppy journalism doesn’t fully capture the Times’ sins. And because the paper decided that Trump’s supporters were a rabble of racist rednecks and homophobes, it didn’t have a clue about what was happening in the lives of the Americans who elected the new president. ![]() Instead, because it demonized Trump from start to finish, it failed to realize he was onto something. And it wouldn’t have been totally blindsided by Trump’s victory. Had the paper actually been fair to both candidates, it wouldn’t need to rededicate itself to honest reporting. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor.”Īh, there’s the rub. While insisting his staff had “reported on both candidates fairly,” he also vowed that the paper would “rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. “After such an erratic and unpredictable election there are inevitable questions: Did Donald Trump’s sheer unconventionality lead us and other news outlets to underestimate his support among American voters?” ![]() admitted the paper failed to appreciate Donald Trump’s appeal. The publisher’s letter to subscribers was part apology and part defense of its campaign coverage, but the key takeaway was a pledge to do better. The Gray Lady feels the agony of political defeat - in her reputation and in her wallet.Īfter taking a beating almost as brutal as Hillary Clinton’s, the New York Times on Friday made an extraordinary appeal to its readers to stand by her. Joe Biden is playing with fire in the Middle East and risking World War 3 There are multiple reasons to vote for Mazi Pilip ahead of the Long Island special election Old man Joe Biden's only chance of winning now is just putting Trump down Kamala Harris' vow that she's 'ready to serve' is a reminder of how much worse she'd be than Biden Spineless Joe Biden is inching toward a full betrayal of Israel ![]()
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