I hope everyone saw that the NY Times changed a headline about Biden talking too much about Beau’s death after getting hammered on Twitter.
https://www.mediaite.com/print/nyt-changes-headline-that-originally-said-not-everyone-wants-to-hear-about-bidens-grief-over-son-beau/
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Republicans have been successfully intimidating the mainstream media for decades which is the reason for these kinds of headlines. It’s long past time that Democrats push back on biased media coverage aimed at damaging Democrats.
Too bad there hasn’t been more outrage over headlines like this one form the WaPo “As coronavirus fears spike over Delta, Biden’s ratings sag”. I couldn’t believe that after the Post and the rest of the media had spent the last couple of weeks trashing Biden’s handling of Afghanistan withdrawal they had the nerve to imply that the fall in his approval ratings was due to Covid, conflating the drop due to their negative coverage to the rise in Covid. The Post isn’t the only outlet pulling that stunt either. Talk about a spurious correlation!
The Covid #s rise because of the anti-vaxxers who are being encouraged by rightwing media and politicians, and as those #s rise, Biden's approval #s on handling the pandemic go down. Win win for the nihilist Trumpers.
I was astonished when I read the very much in bad taste piece Matt Viser wrote quoting one of the parents WHILE AT DOVER AFB just after receiving the body of his son. He was the dad unhappy w/Biden’s initial words about Beau but in his very LAST quote, the dad softened his opinion. TACKY. HIT JOB. AWFUL. Too late re: headline change. The damage has been done.
Yes but the lesson we should take from this is that the media responds to pressure and outrage from Democrats just as they have done for decades to right wing pressure. A good example of a concerted effort to intimidate the mainstream media was Reed Irvine. Irvine bought shares in major media companies so he could attend their board meetings and harass them. Arthur Sulzberger of the Times eventually granted him yearly private meetings. From what I have read the Times sometimes caved to the pressure as did other media outlets.
Democrats have never had an organized strategy to hold the media accountable then they unfairly attack them. I think the fact that this criticism worked was that it was done on Twitter, a popular and very public forum. If this kind of pressure is applies often enough the media will start to think twice before pulling these faux balance stunts.
It's past time for the Democrats to fight back. At this point in time they should be kicking ass and taking names. We all see the R's fight dirty it's time we fight them the same way. If newspaper headlines are about D's then dems need to call out the paper for their disservice to the American people. Democrats need to stop trying to play nice the R's and the people who pay them aren't playing nice. D's new motto should be kicking ass and taking names.
I hope everyone saw that the NY Times changed a headline about Biden talking too much about Beau’s death after getting hammered on Twitter.
https://www.mediaite.com/print/nyt-changes-headline-that-originally-said-not-everyone-wants-to-hear-about-bidens-grief-over-son-beau/
Republicans have been successfully intimidating the mainstream media for decades which is the reason for these kinds of headlines. It’s long past time that Democrats push back on biased media coverage aimed at damaging Democrats.
Too bad there hasn’t been more outrage over headlines like this one form the WaPo “As coronavirus fears spike over Delta, Biden’s ratings sag”. I couldn’t believe that after the Post and the rest of the media had spent the last couple of weeks trashing Biden’s handling of Afghanistan withdrawal they had the nerve to imply that the fall in his approval ratings was due to Covid, conflating the drop due to their negative coverage to the rise in Covid. The Post isn’t the only outlet pulling that stunt either. Talk about a spurious correlation!
yes, w/ Afghanistan out of headlines the press has moved onto Covid as Biden's preferred crisis
The Covid #s rise because of the anti-vaxxers who are being encouraged by rightwing media and politicians, and as those #s rise, Biden's approval #s on handling the pandemic go down. Win win for the nihilist Trumpers.
I was astonished when I read the very much in bad taste piece Matt Viser wrote quoting one of the parents WHILE AT DOVER AFB just after receiving the body of his son. He was the dad unhappy w/Biden’s initial words about Beau but in his very LAST quote, the dad softened his opinion. TACKY. HIT JOB. AWFUL. Too late re: headline change. The damage has been done.
Yes but the lesson we should take from this is that the media responds to pressure and outrage from Democrats just as they have done for decades to right wing pressure. A good example of a concerted effort to intimidate the mainstream media was Reed Irvine. Irvine bought shares in major media companies so he could attend their board meetings and harass them. Arthur Sulzberger of the Times eventually granted him yearly private meetings. From what I have read the Times sometimes caved to the pressure as did other media outlets.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-nov-19-me-irvine19-story.html
Democrats have never had an organized strategy to hold the media accountable then they unfairly attack them. I think the fact that this criticism worked was that it was done on Twitter, a popular and very public forum. If this kind of pressure is applies often enough the media will start to think twice before pulling these faux balance stunts.
It's past time for the Democrats to fight back. At this point in time they should be kicking ass and taking names. We all see the R's fight dirty it's time we fight them the same way. If newspaper headlines are about D's then dems need to call out the paper for their disservice to the American people. Democrats need to stop trying to play nice the R's and the people who pay them aren't playing nice. D's new motto should be kicking ass and taking names.