Let's hear it for the NYT! They've breached the post-factual, alt-fact barrier

[bigtree]

Last edited Tue Jan 24, 2017, 08:30 AM - Edit history (1)

Greg Sargent ?@ThePlumLineGS 2m2 minutes ago
The @nytimes is definitely stepping up its headline game, which is necessary to rise to the challenge we face.

On homepage right now:

[annabanana]

1. They say he is the oldest new president we have ever had.

I think he is the very most childish...

[NewJeffCT]

7. I don't think it's even close

W could act like a fool, but at least he wasn't out attacking celebrities and sucked it up decently when Republicans lost bigly in the 2006 elections rather than whining and pouting about it.

[Achilleaze]

2. Freaking Republicans and their systematic falsehoods will be the death of America

[Sherman A1]

3. I am not sure it even matters anymore

and that is incredibly sad. Lying is just part of what is expected it seems to me.

[dalton99a]

4. It's good to put it in his face. The asshole scans the headlines.

[Cha]

10. Precisely!

[Paladin]

5. Outstanding.

It's about time the media started recognizing the Trump regime for the dishonest, dangerous threat that it truly is.

[Cha]

11. I know, right. It's not like it wasn't slammed in their collective

face.

[Paladin]

22. During the campaign, all they wanted were easy, sensational trump stories.

They gave him a pass, gave him billions of dollars worth of free coverage, and held him to virtually no standards whatsoever while they harped non-stop about the evils of Hillary's emails (are you still fucking yourself, Andrea Mitchell? Get back to it!).

The MSM has a lot to answer for. They deserve no forgiveness until they're up to nailing the trump regime for every lie it emits.

[Cha]

23. Totally agree. I stopped watching them in Nov 2002..

that Con way thing was the only time I've watched since.

That's why all these reporters acting like real reporters is shocking.. I just want them to keep it up. I didn't think anything would turn them against the big liar in the long ugly red tie.

[Chiquitita]

6. Mother Jones has a great take on this

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/01/what-does-it-take-finally-call-lie-lie-we-have-answer

Scroll down to the bottom and they show the evolution of the title. Yep, it's a lie and a big one. Glad they are saying so.

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[Pacifist Patriot]

20. That's great and should be an OP if it's not already.

[Cha]

9. So surreal and Welcomed! drumpfuck, spicerfacts, & "alternative facts"

have been brainwashing their suckers that the m$m can't be trusted but there are a lot more people out there who do care about lies.

Maybe they stayed home on Election Day but if trump is really exposed like he wasn't before election.. maybe they'll get off their butts the next time around.

Thank you, bigtree!



poor widdle ego's been bruised mightily.. he can't move on.. what's a rigged blotus to do

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. We must respect the Office of the POTUS they demand. So when will

tRump begin to show respect for the Office of the POTUS?

[IronLionZion]

13. They are doing this on purpose

someone posted a good plausible analysis that they only need their lunatic supporters to believe their lies and distrust the media. People like us will trust the MSM more and know the administration is always lying. and people in the middle will be disgusted by the whole thing and just not care, not pay attention, and not vote.

Something like that.

Or this focus on the vote is going to be an excuse to forcibly stop minorities from voting or some such nonsense. As it is a lot of Born in the USA minorities get told to go back where we didn't come from.

They know that the voters are getting increasingly diverse. Democrats have a demographic advantage in many states.

[McCamy Taylor]

14. On our way to Watergate 2017!

[Nitram]

15. Good on the NYT!

Trump seems to have forced the media to reverse the decades-old trend towards false equivalency and a reluctance to call politicians out on blatant lies. That's a good thing. When they get it wrong, they can apologize. A first step in holding politicians accountable.

[uponit7771]

16. They're still on my shit list for not reporting Benedict Donald's Russia ties at request of FBI

[bucolic_frolic]

17. I don't think it a lie

I think it a forecast

It will be illegal to vote against Trump in 2020

Trump is planting the seed subconsciously in the mind of the public

so the public an be threatened to vote for him

Hey, every .1% counts as we all now know

[GetRidOfThem]

18. I can hear the chants now about the Grey Lady

"Lock her up! Lock her up!"

I am really afraid for the freedom of the press.

[drm604]

19. The man is obsessed with this.

Unlike many, I'm not convinced that his seeming obsession with this subject is actually some clever Machiavellian mind game. I think that he's truly obsessed with it, just like he was obsessed with his birther beliefs.

The man may be suffering from mental illness, dementia, or the effects of drug abuse. Having him in office is a dangerous situation. I hope that both parties in Congress can see that. Pence would be horrible, and Democrats wojld have to fight him tooth and nail, but I don't think he'd destroy NATO or start nuclear war.

[cbdo2007]

21. You don't get a Pulitzer from taking down a president-elect...you get it by taking down a President

NOW they are finally stepping up. Unfortunately they are gambling with our lives in the process.

[Jake2413]

24. What Trump does best....

Is project what he has done, is doing to deflect attention off himself. Everything he does is about look over there while I run my con. Most everything he say is made up stuff or a lie, Democrats and especially congress needs to figure that out fast. Everything he says or does is to benefit himself personally. "The art of the con"

[TrekLuver]

28. And a guy who wrote one of his books says he's been doing it for years and gave an

example with the Apprentice ratings. He wanted people to call around and lie about how many viewers they had and the person was balking because it was an easily provable LIE. Trashpot doesn't care about reality...this is who he is.

[Hekate]

25. That's an excellent development, NYT

[niyad]

26. once again, nyt, had you done your damned job during the campaign, we would not be in this mess now.

[wordpix]

27. NYT did a great job and New Yorkers voted against Dump

It's the rest of the country's media you should be aiming your ire at.

[niyad]

29. I must have missed all the times the nyt called drumpfy on his lies and bs

and thoroughly covered HRC

[calimary]

30. WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Game ON!

That's what we need to see from the press corps. Backbone and Balls!

USE the "L" word (Lie)! It's factual reporting to do so.

[Eleanors38]

31. The battle for legitimacy and reality is on...

On one side, the declining voice of MSM and its weakening ability to arbitrate agendas, support national mythology, and describe truths.

On the other side, the Master of Social Media, casting about after the same goals, realizing those goals do not come pro forma with his mastery.

If the "Master" thinks he has achieved his goals, he will cease dealing with NYT & virtually all of MSM.

If the NYT et al achieves its goals, they will have unknowingly (perhaps), but necessarily created the New Model of legitimacy which any nation needs to survive.

[lindysalsagal]

32. I hope he sues the NYT.

It will be his watergate.

[2naSalit]

34. He claims that

he cannot "enjoy" the presidency because he's got butt hurt about the press... prelude to a lawsuit. He's going to sue us for not praising him now.

It's what he does.

[SunSeeker]

33. Thank you, NY Times. nt

[benld74]

35. DT opens mouth lies come out