I just hid the NYT from my Google News feed.

[RandomNumbers]

Whatever the headline was this morning, it was the last straw. I don't recall having seen a useful article from the New York Times in months.

You can hide it from your feed in Google News by clicking the 3 dots to the right of the source name, and click on "Hide all stories from ...".

Not sure how many folks here use Google News, but I wonder if a sh*tload of people did this, would some message be received?

And not only in Google News, but of course in any other news feeds that allow hiding by source.

Just a thought.


EDIT TO ADD: as you'll learn if you do this, it *is* reversible, in case some day NYT goes back to the land of decency and sanity.

[Hugin]

1. I tried blocking on my news feed and the result was...

Literally, nothing. I had no news feed.



It’s a little revealing, though. Don’t you think.

(Oh, okay… There was still a bit from the news services and the BBC. But, I discovered that the 24/7 screaming headlines are mainly a desert.)

[RandomNumbers]

2. So far I've only blocked NYT, Fox, and some that ALWAYS have a paywall

For the paywall ones, unless I'm going to subscribe to them, there is zero reason to have them in my feed.

[Hugin]

3. Yeah, that's a good plan.

Nothing is as frustrating as clicking on a teaser headline and landing on a paywall.

[brooklynite]

4. I'll be impressed when people stop demanding a paywall work around for a big Times story...

[RandomNumbers]

5. Meh, if it is a big story I can probably learn about it somewhere else. I'm sure

that there is still actual journalism at the NYT, but as long as they insist on burying the useful stuff with the blaring kowtowing to Trumpism, I'm out.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Almost every single story on the New York Times' 2024 Elections homepage right now is some version of "Biden sucks."

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