When asked why the Times doesn’t see its job as trying to “stop Trump,” Kahn completely missed the point and said journalism’s role is to provide “impartial information” rather than becoming a “propaganda arm.”

That’s pretty rich when you read any of the New York Times’ coverage of countries that are America’s geopolitical enemies. Their articles practically read like State Department press releases.

Meanwhile, Representative Elise Stefanik—the star browbeater of the hearings on campus antisemitism called by the House Education and Workforce Committee—has been gunning forthe resignation of Columbia President Nemat (Minouche) Shafik (a matter that is not the purview of politicians, but of faculty, administrators, and trustees).

It’s funny how even after kowtowing to right wing demands, she faces demands to resign not only from the left that she sicced the police on, but also the right that she has been groveling towards.

I just read the linked article.

What’s the lesson to take away?

The linked article makes very clear that style guides are common.

However, the specifics of this style guide also happen to follow pretty exactly how Israel likes things presented - there is no “Palestine”, they didn’t turn the Palestinians into “refugees”, they didn’t “slaughter” the 15000 children that they killed, with the opposite standard for the Palestinians.

That’s unfortunate and hopefully you can get a raise or a better job but apparently unemployment is low overall and wage growth is outpacing inflation for most people.

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/05/wages-outpacing-inflation

It seems to me the most important element of this conversation is wage growth and unemployment versus inflation.

My understanding is those numbers being favorable are what make economists scratch their heads on why everyone feels so negatively and why the economists say the economy is doing great. The most convincing explanation I’ve seen that mirrors my own feelings is that wage growth feels like I’ve earned it through my own hard work but inflation feels like I’m being cheated, so even though overall people can buy more than before they don’t feel good about it.

This article doesn’t really address this big point at all.

It’s crazy to me that people such as you unironically believe the position you’re saying that American companies are easier to crack down on.

We are literally seeing concrete proof in action that domestic companies are much harder to crack down on or regulate. They are much better positioned to lobby and are currently using their immense political power to protect themselves while removing their foreign rivals. There isn’t even talk of taking action against them because they are so politically powerful.

Lmao of course Putin’s allies know trumps plans.

To be fair, you could stop a random person on the streets of America of either major political party and ask them if Trump wins will he give any money to Ukraine and you won’t get a single different answer.

You don’t exactly need an inside line to get this kind of hot tip.

I guess my original point was just agreeing with you on your main point. I figured I was supporting your position by pointing out the media dishonesty extended farther than just Israeli publications. The Ukraine point was a throwaway of another example I thought was fairly straightforward, but whatever, it’s cool, we don’t need to continue this conversation.

Hmm suit yourself.

It’s a funny example of Gell-Mann amnesia at play I suppose.

Just waiting for that Russian military with low morale and hollowed out by corruption to bring us that imminent victory in Ukraine we’ve been promised any day now for the past two years. Keep believing in victory citizen, it’s right around the corner!

Now, I literally do not trust anything that is published in Israel;

It’s pretty stark how much the press in pretty much every Western country has been carrying water for Israel and Ukraine as well.

Big we’re accusing you not because we have evidence but because it’s what we would do vibes.

Because those guys are on our team and those guys are on the other team.

I’m scratching my head, who is the normal candidate? The one that was pretending like the Civil War wasn’t about slavery? The one that picked a fight with Mickey Mouse to try and score political points but then got his ass kicked?

In addition, prosecutors announced criminal charges related to the sale of the crude oil to buyers in China, Russia and Syria.

It’s incredible how the United States can enforce its criminal laws against Iranians selling their property in China, Russia, and Syria.

Yes but that’s hardly the entirely of Christian belief. What about the part about living until 900 before?

Well, I suppose one way to reconcile those things is that God created genetic diseases at that point to punish us for our sin.

How? How does a country take that much of a financial beating and still be thriving? Where is the point of being broke and not being able to fund a war anymore?

Not only that but I remember reading a lot of articles about how Russia was going to economically collapse as a result…almost two years ago.

Also a lot of articles about how weak Russia was militarily, how they lost all their troops and equipment already, how morale in their military was so poor the army was just going to run away at any moment, how one major asset after another was destroyed by the Ukrainians…for almost two years now.

Yet here they are still, not collapsed, not defeated. It probably is a good idea to take the media with a grain of salt and realize just because they’re the so-called free press doesn’t make them necessarily the truthful press.

In this case, it seems he was boldly talking about assassinating Democratic congressman in a public restaurant and someone recorded him.

In that case, this seems like a learning opportunity for you.

Western European countries have rule of law and don’t disappear or mulch people when they break the law, letting them retain their rights.

This counterexample would seem to completely undermine your claim that America’s incredibly high incarceration rates are just “what happens” when citizens retain rights after breaking the law.