Dan Gillmor on Nostr: The NY Times' chronic timidity in calling things what they are is visible in its ...
The NY Times' chronic timidity in calling things what they are is visible in its story on Musk's latest boosting of extremism. The news org says he has "faced increasing criticism that he has tolerated and even encouraged antisemitic abuse on his social media platform."
Remove the "faced increasing criticism that" part of that sentence, and it's what the Times should have reported. He's a bigot and he promotes bigots and extremism, period.
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