It's really something to contrast how the paper sees its role with Biden or Claudine Gay with how it sees its role with Trump or Chris Rufo
Will no one think of the book advances to come when Trump the Chaos Agent returns to the WH? The journos of the NYT certainly think of them, and expect their privilege will protect them from any unfortunate consequences.
My eyes have really been opening to this in the past months. Really frustrating and disappointing.
An extraordinary double standard.
I'm not surprised or confused anymore because I just think of them as a Republican newspaper.
"We are just reporting impartially as stenographers" vs "Now here's how it's gonna be."
Democrats are protagonists to be tested and pushed. Republicans are the weather.
Been thinking about the Claudine Gay coverage as a keystone to Biden coverage : it was an editorial campaign driven by story after story. It takes enormous editorial hubris to be certain they are right (they were wrong about Gay). What I wrote then: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-campai...
