Dan Gillmor on Nostr: Melanie Sill, who ran a significant U.S. news org (Raleigh News & Observer), puts her ...
Melanie Sill (npub1z4l…eqk0), who ran a significant U.S. news org (Raleigh News & Observer), puts her finger on what the NY Times is doing, in language traditional journalists can grasp.
It's "an old-school crusade by the paper, news and editorial, fixated on Biden's age and the NYT's belief he should leave the contest. It is not 'independent journalism' or neutral, the two descriptions its editors use. But they reject all criticism as partisan, and are blind to their biases.
https://mastodon.social/@melaniesill/112700751132673461
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It's "an old-school crusade by the paper, news and editorial, fixated on Biden's age and the NYT's belief he should leave the contest. It is not 'independent journalism' or neutral, the two descriptions its editors use. But they reject all criticism as partisan, and are blind to their biases.
https://mastodon.social/@melaniesill/112700751132673461
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