Not universally or as often and forcefully as I'd also like. News reporters and editors still adhere to the traditional model of striving for balance and neutrality ("the voice from nowehere," as NYU journalism Professor Jay Rosen derides it) and forcus too much on the "horse trace" rather than the stakes . . .
"Mr. Trump has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency. He has demonstrated an utter lack of respect for the Constitution, the rule of law and the American people. Instead of a cogent vision for the countryтАЩs future, Mr. Trump is animated by a thirst for political power: to use the levers of government to advance his interests, satisfy his impulses and exact retribution against those who he thinks have wronged him. . . .
"We urge voters to see the dangers of a second Trump term clearly and to reject it. The stakes and significance of the presidency demand a person who has essential qualities and values to earn our trust, and on each one, Donald Trump fails."
"Mr. Trump has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency."
thing of it is... he showed this in 2016. And got elected anyway.
The gop/tea party has been building this effort since the Reagan era. They've had 40+ years to infiltrate school boards, city offices, state offices, federal offices, all the way up to the supreme court. They have also infiltrated the media, not only with Faux News, but even the NYT and WaPo have 'journalists' in their newsrooms skewing the narrative.
Honestly people, this is a mountain we are hoping to dismantle. I agree that we must do it. But I don't think this one election will fix the whole mess. This has to be an ongoing effort. We need to dedicate the next 40 years to getting back what we've lost in the last 40.
Alan, are they treating him as a convicted, dangerous pariah as he is?
Not universally or as often and forcefully as I'd also like. News reporters and editors still adhere to the traditional model of striving for balance and neutrality ("the voice from nowehere," as NYU journalism Professor Jay Rosen derides it) and forcus too much on the "horse trace" rather than the stakes . . .
. . . But I'm heartened by sharp-edged editoria;s such as The New York Times' today (July 11), headlined "Donald Trump Is Unfit to Lead" [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/11/opinion/editorials/donald-trump-2024-unfit.html]. Excerpts:
"Mr. Trump has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency. He has demonstrated an utter lack of respect for the Constitution, the rule of law and the American people. Instead of a cogent vision for the countryтАЩs future, Mr. Trump is animated by a thirst for political power: to use the levers of government to advance his interests, satisfy his impulses and exact retribution against those who he thinks have wronged him. . . .
"We urge voters to see the dangers of a second Trump term clearly and to reject it. The stakes and significance of the presidency demand a person who has essential qualities and values to earn our trust, and on each one, Donald Trump fails."
"Mr. Trump has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency."
thing of it is... he showed this in 2016. And got elected anyway.
The gop/tea party has been building this effort since the Reagan era. They've had 40+ years to infiltrate school boards, city offices, state offices, federal offices, all the way up to the supreme court. They have also infiltrated the media, not only with Faux News, but even the NYT and WaPo have 'journalists' in their newsrooms skewing the narrative.
Honestly people, this is a mountain we are hoping to dismantle. I agree that we must do it. But I don't think this one election will fix the whole mess. This has to be an ongoing effort. We need to dedicate the next 40 years to getting back what we've lost in the last 40.
Baby steps!?
Then thete's this ctitique of the NYT article:
https://open.substack.com/pub/luciantruscott/p/new-york-times-editorial-on-trump?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7ygy0