The front page of the New York Times. 5 days before the election.

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[–] 35 points 2 months ago (11 children)

If they wanted the statement to be taken seriously, they shouldn't have put it in the Opinion section.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    That's what it is though? You can't put opinions in news. Even if your opinion is correct.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That was not an opinion. He said all those things. That full-page headline is only facts.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    “This thing happened” is news, so “Trump said this” is news.

    “You should have this reaction to it” is for the opinion pages, even if that reaction is “you should believe him”.

    That isn’t to say the Times doesn’t try to get away with pushing a narrative while technically following the rules, but that rule is still a good one.

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    I pointed this out elsewhere recently. The lawyers of FOX News, when trying to defend the agency in Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network made it super clear that FOX News is an entertainment channel and is not supposed to be regarded as news (now called the Tucker Carlson Defense) that no reasonable person would interpret the content of the shows on FOX as actual news.

    FNC's business model depends on the notion that it's main viewership are not reasonable people.

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