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The NY Times should be very careful what it wants. The article is almost implying that the National Enquierer did something illegal with its coverage of the ele

The NY Times should be very careful what it wants. The article is almost implying that the National Enquierer did something illegal with its coverage of the election. However, the NYTimes has been also accused of u fair coverage against Trump https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2016/11/11/new-york-times-we-blew-it-on-trump/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2016/11/11/new-york-... If we break the taboo of prosecutors looking at a newspapers political coverage, it won’t be long before The NY Times itself ends up u see the microscope and that will be bad for our democracy.

dragonwriter 8y ago
> The NY Times should be very careful what it wants. The article is almost implying that the National Enquierer did something illegal with its coverage of the election. That's no longer in any reasonable dispute, given the non-prosecution agreement between AMI and DoJ. There might still be room for disagreement about the precise scope of the illegality. > However, the NYTimes has been also accused of u[n]fair coverage against Trump Not all accusations are created equal. > If we break the taboo of prosecutors looking at a newspapers political coverage It's not a taboo, it's already been broken if it was, and there'd be no teeth to campaign finance law if we didn't. > it won’t be long before The NY Times itself ends up u see the microscope and that will be bad for our democracy. The political coverage of the New York Times has been the subject of criminal action and civil lawsuits in the past, some of each of which set important First Amendment precedent. Being under the microscope isn't new territory for the Times.
InclinedPlane 8y ago
Political news coverage is not, of course, illegal, that's just 1st amendment stuff. Coordinating with a campaign in regards to coverage is, however, an "in kind" political contribution, not merely an exercise of one's own views, and is a violation of campaign finance law. Which is hardly the full extent of all of the illegal activities that AMI engaged in on behalf of the Trump campaign.
sjg007 8y ago
Catch and kill is different than unflattering news or opinion.
colejohnson66 8y ago
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dragonwriter 8y ago

> The NY Times should be very careful what it wants. The article is almost implying that the National Enquierer did something illegal with its coverage of the election. That's no longer in any reasonable dispute, given the non-prosecution agreement between AMI and DoJ. There might still be room for disagreement about the precise scope of the illegality. > However, the NYTimes has been also accused of u[n]fair coverage against Trump Not all accusations are created equal. > If we break the taboo of prosecutors looking at a newspapers political coverage It's not a taboo, it's already been broken if it was, and there'd be no teeth to campaign finance law if we didn't. > it won’t be long before The NY Times itself ends up u see the microscope and that will be bad for our democracy. The political coverage of the New York Times has been the subject of criminal action and civil lawsuits in the past, some of each of which set important First Amendment precedent. Being under the microscope isn't new territory for the Times.

InclinedPlane 8y ago

Political news coverage is not, of course, illegal, that's just 1st amendment stuff. Coordinating with a campaign in regards to coverage is, however, an "in kind" political contribution, not merely an exercise of one's own views, and is a violation of campaign finance law. Which is hardly the full extent of all of the illegal activities that AMI engaged in on behalf of the Trump campaign.

sjg007 8y ago

Catch and kill is different than unflattering news or opinion.

colejohnson66 8y ago

Non amp link: https://nypost.com/2016/11/11/new-york-times-we-blew-it-on-trump/ https://nypost.com/2016/11/11/new-york-times-we-blew-it-on-t...