Is the New York Times Pro-Trump?

Politics & Elections
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Blow is progressive. Paul is not:

I often write about illiberal progressive orthodoxies, in particular around identity, language, morality, gender ideology, class and free speech.

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You trust what an author says about themselves in a promotional piece?

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I read some of her columns. If she was here, she would be pitted (and classed with J. K. Rowling).

January 30, 2025:

your brain does not need to have an equal and opposite reaction to everything Donald Trump does. If you think that most maximalist positions on the right sound unhinged and inhumane, consider that their corresponding positions on the left may be zany in their own special ways.

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I looked at that column. Branding her anti-progressive and even pittable on the basis of it is ludicrous.

You seem to be equating “progressive” with “idiot woke tribal screamer.” I don’t. I think Krugman is a progressive and he never expressed those sentiments. And neither do I.

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Is or was?

From that paragraph I dont see that.

It is certainly true that the Far left has some radical and crazy positions. However, the far left has very little political power in the USA. We still have people in the USA that claim to be “true” communists. People have called for the end of capitalism, etc.

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NYT in the tank for Republican and Trumpist framing:

Lots of talk about numbers of deportations and sanctuary cities. Not even a mention of eVerify, the program for addressing employment of undocumented workers. It could be strengthened a lot, but Republicans have no interest in that. Local law enforcement may or may not cooperate with ICE, but there’s no discussion of whether businesses do or don’t.

This is all PR. Sure, it’s cruel, and appeals to hearts of malice. That’s the point. The point certainly has little to do with curbing illegal immigration itself. If it did, it would run into a tsunami of business opposition. A scared labor force is a cheap labor force: performative cruelty appeals to both nativists and those wishing to displace American born workers.

[[Some will want to point out that empirically speaking immigration tends to help US citizens. The data indeed supports this contention. I’m discussing politics and perceptions.]]

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I agree with Donald Trump on something – the New York Times is far from pro-Trump:

Trump Sues The New York Times for Articles Questioning His Success

I hadn’t planned on reading the book Trump is trying to suppress, but will now. It Is:

Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

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Here’s the Fresh Air interview with the authors. I heard it when it first came out. Worth a listen (transcript follows):

‘Lucky Loser’ dispels the myth of Trump as a self-made billionaire

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years examining Trump’s finances and businesses. They trace how he squandered his father’s fortune in a new book.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g-s1-23396/lucky-loser-dispels-the-myth-of-trump-as-a-self-made-billionaire

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If you read this thread, it wasn’t so much the NYT being PRO-trump as it was running front page attack articles vs Biden, and to a lesser extent Harris, as they wouldnt give the NYT an exclusive interview. That hurt Harris.

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I doubt it. I’m pretty sure the readership of the NYT mostly votes and almost all voted for Harris.

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Good Fresh Air interview - thanks.

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Judge throws out Trump V NYTimes $15 billion lawsuit because it doesn’t state a claim:

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Re last post, the article says the plaintiff can resubmit if the suit is cut in half (40 pages down from 80). I wonder if they can reduce the font.

I guess it is notable that a Bush the Elder judicial appointee who previously seemed on the Trumpy side quickly threw it out.

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