HACKS: NYT Continues Shilling for Communist China Despite Expulsion
March 19th, 2020 11:39 PM
Our friends at Twitchy (and others) had a ball late Thursday afternoon and evening lampooning the latest New York Times article dutifully bowing before the communist Chinese government in the piece “World Feared China Over Coronavirus. Now the Tables Are Turned.” As many may recall from earlier this week, China announced they’d expel Times journalists, so there’s no real incentive to continue the…
Another Bad Mark for the Elites
March 19th, 2020 6:23 PM
Washington -- There is a new book out that bids fair to win this year's J. Gordon Coogler Award for The Worst Book of the Year, and remember, the year has just begun. The dreadful effort is "The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America." Its author is Charlotte Alter. The book takes its dreadful title from a dreadful speech given back in 2008 by…
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Heilemann: 'Nakedly Racist' Trump Blaming Virus on 'Nonwhite' People
March 19th, 2020 4:20 PM
On Wednesday's Deadline: White House on MSNBC, fill-in host John Heilemann joined in on the pettiness of some journalists claiming that it is "racist" for President Donald Trump to accurately acknowledge that the coronavirus infections first appeared in China by calling it the "Chinese virus."
On 'Chinese Virus,' NY Times Sucks Up to China Over 'Racist' Trump
March 19th, 2020 2:47 PM
Thursday’s New York Times again showed the paper’s warped priorities during the global health emergency: “Trump Calls It the ‘Chinese Virus.' Critics Say That’s Racist and Provocative.” (Normal people say it's factually accurate.) Katie Rogers, Lara Jakes, and Ana Swanson focused on the truly vital aspects, while sucking up to the Chinese authorities who covered up the deadly outbreak: "President…
NY Times Gloats: ‘Bring Back Big Government’ Over Coronavirus
March 19th, 2020 6:30 AM
Farhad Manjoo, New York Times tech columnist turned proudly left-wing opinion columnist, positively gloated over the private sector and President Trump’s failure to bring the coronavirus to heel in “Bring Back Big Government -- America’s failed response to the coronavirus is a direct result of decades of starving federal agencies of expertise.” Of course, it turned out to be Ronald Reagan's…
Column: The Truth vs. The New York Times
March 18th, 2020 6:40 AM
The New York Times spent $2 million on an advertisement during the Oscars broadcast in February promoting their "1619 Project." But on March 11, the Times felt pressed to publish an “update,” a “clarification” on this grand, brand-building project. It was based on the idea that slavery was “one primary reason the colonists fought the American Revolution.” It seems their point was not true. To…
NYT's Partisan Virus: Trump Too Harsh Days Ago, Not Harsh Enough Now
March 17th, 2020 5:25 PM
The New York Times will fault President Trump on the coronavirus no matter what he does or does not do, as starkly evident in Tuesday’s lead story by Katie Rogers and Emily Cochrane criticizing him for taking insufficient measures: “Short of Mandate for Limits That Other Nations Enacted.” Yet days earlier, the Times faulted Trump for excessive, unilateral measures to mitigate the spread under…
NY Times Reporter Blames Racism 'Freaked-Out Whites' for No Safety Net
March 17th, 2020 8:10 AM
Eduardo Porter, economics reporter for the New York Times, equated the United States’ lack of his preferred European-style levels of “safety net” taxes and welfare spending to racism in his Sunday Review piece: “Why America Will Never Get Medicare for All.” The text box was blunter: “Racism explains why the country lacks the safety net its citizens deserve.” It’s adapted from his new book “…
NYT Used 'Wuhan Virus,' Accuses Conservatives of Racism for Doing Same
March 14th, 2020 3:10 PM
Demonstrating that the paper’s priorities remained in perfect order, New York Times reporter Katie Rogers nailed the real coronavirus crisis: “Politicians’ Use of ‘Wuhan Virus’ Starts a Debate Health Experts Wanted to Avoid -- Despite the recommendations of health officials, some conservatives are using the term to describe Covid-19, prompting a blame game over who is politicizing the coronavirus…
NY Times: 'Transgender' Kids Need Puberty Blockers to Avoid Suicide
March 13th, 2020 4:06 PM
New York Times reporter Dan Levin earned Friday’s lead National section story – which was not about the coronavirus outbreak, but “Transgender Teenagers Brace for Flurry of Bills Set to Curb Their Rights.” Despite its placement, this was a soft feature story which made the anti-science assumption that some children are born in the “wrong” body and that radical medical steps must be taken to “fix…
NY Times Angry at Trump’s ‘America First’ Response to Virus
March 13th, 2020 3:00 PM
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger fulminated against President Trump’s 30-day suspension of entry into the United States for Europeans: “It’s China’s Fault, Trump Says. And Also Europe’s.” As if it’s a crazy idea that China, which squelched initial news about the virus, could possibly be blamed for its spread. Again, the paper is using the coronavirus crisis as a…
NYT Wishful Thinking: Coronavirus Could Harm Trump Reelection Chances
March 12th, 2020 8:56 PM
As much as newspapers insist they merely "report," they write up a lot of wishful thinking about how the Republicans are sure to lose in the fall. Such was the case with New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin aerobically rubbing a crystal ball on Thursday in "Trump’s Re-election Chances Suddenly Look Shakier."
Coronavirus Cudgel: NYT's Baker Spreads Anti-Trump Fever on Front Page
March 9th, 2020 5:57 PM
On the front of Monday’s New York Times, Peter Baker savored how the coronavirus had become a political headache for President Trump: “Twitter Pulpit Is No Match For Viral Foe.” Baker raises some defensible criticisms of some of Trump’s statements (while only briefly noting vital steps the President took over indignant liberal opposition). But Baker’s overall tone matched the feverish anti-Trump…
NY Times Lets Schumer Off the Hook: Dems 'Not All That Unhappy'
March 7th, 2020 2:31 PM
New York Times congressional correspondent Carl Hulse predictably shrugged off Sen. Chuck Schumer’s volatile verbal threats directed at two Supreme Court justices nominated by the Trump administration: “Schumer Regrets Content, But Not Spirit, of Warning.” Hulse generally gives Democrats the benefit of the doubt when they make nasty attacks on Republicans, and similarly shrugged off Schumer’s…
