I guess after a week in which they published 1.6 million stories about how Biden is unfit for office and at least one urging people not to even vote, the New York f’ing Times decided they had to seal the deal and just go whole-hog for Trump. I kind of hate to publicize it by linking here, but it’s for damn sure that ignoring it won’t help.
“A Mark of Shame for 900 Years Until Now: “Felon carries an ancient stigma — one that falls on millions of Americans today. Trump may just redefine it.”
At one time the idea of a journalistic outlet that calls itself “The Paper of Record” publishing such a naked example of toadying would have been inconceivable to most people. I read a lot about how the “elites” have little self-awareness and think the rest of us are stupid, but the agenda here is so blatant that it clearly qualifies as the NYT just deliberately trolling Democrats. They’re exactly the same as Fox now, and I doubt that bothers them.
I don’t have a subscription I can cancel, nor am I important enough to have any effect on them with my criticism. It just occurs to me that the kind of people who would publish a story like this one, particularly in the current political climate, clearly have no clue that the First Amendment would be toilet paper if their hero gets elected and their claim to protection as journalists would mean nothing whatsoever. They’ll apparently get their wish under Trump and be required to print this kind of story forevermore. Or else. Unfortunately, the old “Leopard eating my face” joke doesn’t comfort me.