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>slanted it toward their agendas. They do this a lot. It is (rightfully) pointed out any time a right leaning website story is posted, with the whole "Note thi
by tryptophan 7y ago
>slanted it toward their agendas.
They do this a lot. It is (rightfully) pointed out any time a right leaning website story is posted, with the whole "Note this is from X publication, and they are right leaning, so take that into consideration" comment. For some reason NYT seems immune to this criticism though.
- lstamour 7y agoGenerally the New York Times fact-checks and corrects itself—but all newspapers spin stories for more clicks or interest. “Everything’s going okay at Apple” isn’t going to move advertisement dollars, the metric by which all news media ultimately value stories. Having worked at a newspaper or two myself, it’s inescapable. That said it’s also worth pointing out the New York Times has endorsed Republicans before... just not recently. I suppose it’s also worth noting the Republican Party wasn’t always this way, either. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_election_endorsements_made_by_The_New_York_Times https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidential_electio...
- ergothus 7y ago> For some reason NYT seems immune to this criticism though. Not from where I've been sitting: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aycombinator.com+NYT+bias https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aycombinator.com+NYT+b... You could argue NYT took a while to get called out, but not that they aren't getting called out.
- nkozyra 7y agoLikely because there are publications that are SO slanted, agenda-based and poorly sourced it's more important to note.
- skrowl 7y agoAre you implying that the New York Times is right-leaning? Certainly you're not implying that are you?