Democratic Primaries
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I will never forgive the NYT for the job that they did on Clinton in 2016. I have a Washington Post subscription and I will never subscribe to the NYT. Here history is repeating itself
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Numerous Democratic commentators have publicly criticized, both during the 2016 campaign and subsequently, what they perceived as the Timess unbalanced coverage that allowed then-candidate Donald Trump to escape scrutiny for many issues that were far more serious than Clintons. Even the Times admitted in December 2016, Every major publication, including The Times, published multiple stories citing the D.N.C. and Podesta emails posted by WikiLeaks, becoming a de facto instrument of Russian intelligence.....
Unfortunately for former vice president Joe Biden, history may be repeating itself.
A case in point is a New York Times front-page article with the catchy Web headline 'Lock the S.O.B.s Up: Joe Biden and the Era of Mass Incarceration. It has been widely reported that Bidens authorship of anti-crime legislation in the 1990s poses a problem with some Democratic voters, especially African Americans, in an era of criminal-justice reform. He has also taken a hit for speaking about the atmosphere of civility that allowed him to work with rabid segregationists. Thats an entirely legitimate topic of discussion.
The NYT did its best to elect trump and succeeded. I fear that we will see history repeat itself
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blue neen
(12,319 posts)He writes nothing but hit pieces on Biden.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/matt-viser/?utm_term=.0ef923a60c7f
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(296,844 posts)latest "rape allegation"?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
question everything
(47,434 posts)the Black Caucus supported it because crime was a particular blight on minority neighborhoods.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
StevieM
(10,500 posts)She destroyed Sanders among Black voters. That is why she beat him and won the nomination.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(144,919 posts)This is so sad https://www.cjr.org/analysis/fake-news-media-election-trump.php
In just six days, The New York Times ran as many cover stories about Hillary Clintons emails as they did about all policy issues combined in the 69 days leading up to the election.
In retrospect, it seems clear that the press in general made the mistake of assuming a Clinton victory was inevitable, and were setting themselves as credible critics of the next administration. Yet, rather than acknowledging the possible impact their collective failure of imagination could have had on the election outcome, the mainstream news community has instead focused its critical attention everywhere but on themselves: fake news, Russian hackers, technology companies, algorithmic ranking, the alt-right, even on the American public......
In this context, 10 is an interesting figure because it is also the number of front-page stories the Times ran on the Hillary Clinton email scandal in just six days, from October 29 (the day after FBI Director James Comey announced his decision to reopen his investigation of possible wrongdoing by Clinton) through November 3, just five days before the election. When compared with the Timess overall coverage of the campaign, the intensity of focus on this one issue is extraordinary. To reiterate, in just six days, The New York Times ran as many cover stories about Hillary Clintons emails as they did about all policy issues combined in the 69 days leading up to the election (and that does not include the three additional articles on October 18, and November 6 and 7, or the two articles on the emails taken from John Podesta). This intense focus on the email scandal cannot be written off as inconsequential: The Comey incident and its subsequent impact on Clintons approval rating among undecided voters could very well have tipped the election.
The emphasis on the e-mail story at the end of the campaign helped the NYT to elect trump
I hope that the same does not happen this cycle.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blue neen
(12,319 posts)That's from just one author, Matt Vizer. So the Post needs to start practicing what they preach. This Vizer dude is an attack dog.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Biden's treatment won't even begin to compare to what she got.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Midwestocrat
(74 posts)And it's disgusting. "Hugging-gate?" Are you kidding me?!? We have an alleged rapist in the White House and Joe Biden shows TOO MUCH compassion to people?!??
And this is why I drink.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pansypoo53219
(20,952 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
ecstatic
(32,652 posts)All the attacks are focused on Biden. Meanwhile, serial rapist trump gets a pass.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)He's not in our primary, and should not be the standard we hold our own candidates to.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(144,919 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
comradebillyboy
(10,128 posts)Too true. They will try to do it again.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LibFarmer
(772 posts)He creates one sensational and despicable news story after another.
Both NYT and WaPo have increased their subscriptions.
These attempts to make a Democrat lose are very transparent and we should protest.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden