Hello, ElPlywood. Thanks for participating, and I appreciate your passion! I'll try to answer the first few here as best as I can. 1 Why do you...
"I think what you're reacting to is that, at the moment, Biden is an unpopular president seeking a second term while Trump is a popular figure inside his party who is winning primary races. I wouldn't necessarily compare the two."
Why do you guys consistently frame things as bad for Biden but never bad for Trump?
And your reply was to frame things that exact way. You're acting as though you're just reporting the "view from nowhere" or something but you're not. You're talking about two unpopular politicians, and yet when Trump came up you only spoke about his popularity within his own base.
The old "let me disprove your point by proving your point" technique.
The clear business goal of "let's pay the NYT to get more involved at Reddit!" is just one more reason I'm glad that I only go there in response to posts like this at Lemmy.
(That and their horseshit replies in that thread.)
Most likely main news outlets want to gain favor with the impending fascist takeover so if Trump wins and the takeover does happen, they aren't seized or gone after or imprisoned. While they KNOW a Biden or other sane president would never dare attack a newspaper or news channel without clear felonious activity. It's an effort to play both sides that WILL end with fascists attacking them regardless of how much of Trump's chode they suck.
Before we get out the flaming pitchforks, let us not forget that pretty much no one reads or cares about the New York Times. Their readership (print and web) is minuscule compared to entities like CNN, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, MSNBC (and Fox, OANN, Breitbart, Joe Rogan...).
Sure, it sucks that the NYT is sucking Trump cock, but in the end, that won't move the needle.
Man, this is just maddening. The comment OP highlighted is terrible, but the reply to another just drips condescension.
I used to respect the NYT. But between the Trump coverage and their viewpoint on the war in Ukraine, they can go kiss me where the sun don't shine. (What I'm trying to say is, both are ass.)