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It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president (www.washingtonpost.com)

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 197 points 5 days ago

This should be the very last piece of journalism that any one takes seriously from the Washington Post.

Both them and the NYT have shown their asses when it comes to just being propaganda mouth-pieces.

We need to re-democratize our culture, and get away from this world of billionaire possession of our cultural expression. They didn't make it, and its not something they can own if we don't allow it. We need to stop taking outlets like WP or NYT seriously.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 123 points 5 days ago

NYT at least made the endorsement, the LA Times were the other cowards.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024-endorsement.html

[-] madjo@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago

It's a bit weird that it's behind a pay wall

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago

I'm not really sure what the New York Times has to do with this. WaPo is owned by a billionaire trying to hedge his bets if Trump wins and decides to take vengeance by breaking up Amazon.

NYT is fully independent.

[-] tja@sh.itjust.works 54 points 5 days ago

Not sure what you mean with fully independent, but Wikipedia says "Though The New York Times Company is public, all voting shares are controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger Family Trust. "

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 28 points 5 days ago

It's owned by a wealthy family, and it's reflected in what they choose to report, and more importantly what not to report.

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[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago

Heh.

[-] Beardwin@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

I read the times nearly every day. Not sure what you mean by this. Can you expand? I find their reporting on trump to be pretty real. Their interview with John Kelly straight up calling trump a fascist is pretty damning. So…

[-] AugustWest@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago

I can’t say for certain what they mean, but while their Trump coverage is solid, many people take issue with the way they are covering the Israel-Palestine conflict.

On another note, while I believe the John Kelly interview should be damning, if you believe it will make any difference you are living in a fantasy world.

[-] Beardwin@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

While I don’t necessarily disagree with either of your points, neither of them have anything to do with what I was responding to.

[-] AugustWest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The second point was an aside, but the first point was the likely answer to your question. You were talking about the NYT doing a good job reporting on Trump but the person you responded to was almost certainly talking about their less honest, more propagandized reporting. I was offering the example of this that is at the forefront of everyone’s minds at the moment.

Not bickering, by the way, just clarifying.

[-] Beardwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Didn’t come across as bickering at all. I appreciate the clarification.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

They platform bad people with op ed, legitimizing the ideas

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

They don't consume the main stream media. And that's a great thing because then you can make up whatever you want about what they've said or not said in order to confirm whatever belief you have about them.

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[-] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 66 points 5 days ago

Alexandra Petri is courageous, Jeff Bezos is a scared little shit, spread the news.

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 5 days ago

As one who mostly read the comics on newspapers when they were a thing, this could be the much needed endorsement for that target audience.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 36 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That’s what our readers deserve and expect: that we are saying what we really think, reporting what we really see...

This is why I cancelled my subscription and switched to NYT. I need to be able to trust my news source, and I can't trust the post if all it took was a call from Bezos for them to bow and kneel.

[-] cabbage@piefed.social 19 points 5 days ago

And to lie about their reasons for doing so to their readers.

[-] resin85@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

I found the NYT's sanewashing of Trump irresponsible, so I took my WaPo subscription to The Guardian. It's a sad reflection on the US when a foreign paper has better reporting than any domestic source.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The Guardian is my next choice if NYT doesn't impress. That said, I tip The Guardian very often, so I probably send more money their way than if I had a subscription.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

This is why I cancelled my subscription and switched to NYT. I need to be able to trust my news source

Guess you're ignoring their genocide apologia and their constant pro-cop propaganda, then..

[-] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 5 days ago

Oh oh, don’t forget about vocalization of anti-transgender viewpoints: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2023/new-york-times-bias-reporting-transgender-people/

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[-] femtech@midwest.social 4 points 5 days ago

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-new-york-times-publishes

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[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

"'He might forget' is not enough to hang a country on."

Its extremist views like this that are going to destroy our nation. ;p

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

'He's learned his lesson'

He's a fuxking grown ass adult that hasn't been held accountable for his actions. Fuck Susan Collins and all of his stupid ass enablers.

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