| >On the other side of the American political divide, many have found the 'failing' NYT to be unrepresentative of their experiences as Americans, and have begun to dismiss it's coverage as partisan and often distorted. Americans are now the most divided along party lines since 1990s. http://www.people-press.org/2017/10/05/1-partisan-divides-ov... I think NYT are just mirroring the reality. Hiring climate change deniers as columnists, profiling neo-nazis while at the same time actually doing their job WRT Trump (compare to the Iraq War and sensational Judy Miller headlines). > They also find the NYT to be a major nexus of sensationalist coverage of the Trump presidential campaign and administration, distracting from balanced and substantial coverage of the race in favor of an obsession with email scandals and essentially unimportant (but amusing or provocative) actions by Trump and his entourage. Disagree. I think they are just covering the reality and sometimes go to the absurd length to remain "impartial" and give all sides to the story, no matter how ridiculous they are. --- I agree with you WRT covering mass shootings, but perhaps it's bigger problem than journalism, so that's why it never changes. If it bleeds, it leads. Mandatory plug for Charlie Brooker How to cover mass shootings https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2o1V4lX_g4 --- Also I posted this recently WRT Richard Spencer types: they are mostly attention-craving nobodies, so the media is essentially amplifying their message. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/11/lets-just-stop-writin... |