Newspaper Claims Old Posts Can Be Used Against ‘People in Positions of Power’ but Not Journalists

by | Aug 29, 2019 | Blog, Conspiracy, Idiocracy, Media Bias, Wambulance

The New York Times is arguing that old posts on Twitter and other websites shouldn’t be used against journalists after a top editor at the paper was spoken to regarding a string of tweets that some found antisemitic.

Reporters for the paper also cited the CNN photographic editor who resigned after old tweets showing him calling “pigs” and Israel “the main enemy for the people of Egypt.”

The Times claimed that allies of President Donald Trump have compiled a of past statements and social media posts of journalists.

, the ally, indicated as much on after the Times didn’t take action against its editor for the controversial missives that the paper admitted were “a clear violation of our standards.” “If the @nytimes thinks this settles the matter we can expose a few of their other bigots,” he wrote. “Lots more where this came from.”

The and Trump campaign said it wasn’t involved in the operation, but suggested that exposing journalists who said things they would report others for is fair game.

https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1164592515464531971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

“Two can play at this game,” added Sam Nunberg, a former Trump aide. “The media has long targeted Republicans with deep dives into their social media, looking to caricature all conservatives and Trump voters as racists.”

That’s when the reporters wrote that people “using journalistic techniques to target journalists and organizations as retribution for—or as a warning not to pursue—coverage critical of the president is fundamentally different from the well-established role of the news media in scrutinizing people in positions of power.” It later noted that has been targeting conservatives for years using the same methods.

A. G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the paper, sent a statement to the reporters complaining about the techniques.

Media critics exploded after the article was published, noting media outlets have been using the techniques not only to scrutinize people in power, but dox Trump supporters and ambush old women at their houses.

Outlets have also targeted athletes, activists, and celebrities for social media posts they’ve made when they were teenagers.

“Still can’t get over the absurdity of major outlets clutching their pearls about the consequences of disclosing public figures’ old tweets, as if their stories about ‘unearthed tweets’ were only limited to grave matters of public interest,” wrote , an attorney who frequently criticizes the media on Twitter.

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‘This thread is a home run’: reminds us of journalists coordinating with the Clinton campaign

by | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog, Conspiracy, Media Bias, Politics

It was really no surprise that most of the journalists sharing a campaign plane with in 2016 were coddling her, certain they were traveling with the next .

And then came ‘ dump of ‘s emails, which more explicitly spelled out which journalists were open to “fact-checking” before and which reporters could be relied on to consistently “tee-up” stories the campaign wanted out there in print.

Attorney and forthcoming author has put together a great thread reminding us just how many journalists were straight-up coordinating with the Clinton campaign in 2016, and who will likely be doing to the same for the 2020 nominee.

Check it out:

https://twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/1163162753923768320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Thrush even called himself a “hack” in the email and asked Podesta to please not share or tell anyone he did it.

 

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