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thread re: NYT and its awful, illogical fear of calling out Trump "lies" over the years. and its sudden change of heart. 1/7https://pressrun.media/p/no-longer-seeking-access-the-press in 2016, editor Dean Baquet *bragged* abt

a thread abt NYT whiteness i'd been meaning to do this for a long time, and was prompted today by the Times' umpteenth update on middle-age, white Trump voters in

1. quick thread on Covid relief bill updates this week adn how the press completely botched this story for month, desperately framing it as Dems vs. GOP.https://pressrun.media/p/both-sides-the-press-keeps-screwing 2. McConnell conceded

hi, occasional reminder about my media newsletter Press Run, the response has been amazing this year— very grateful. pls take a look and support independent voices. thanks!https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/1224344684442591233 kind w

Trump’s accusing a cable host of murder again tonight, so I’ll repost this and bemoan media’s complete institutional failure to stand up to Trump’s bullying .https://pressrun.media/p/twitter-you-should-be-ashamed-ban Twitter has nev

btw, all these testing questions at briefing today? tune back in June and August. exact same reporters will be asking exact same questions and Trump will be giving exact same

btw he'll still be tweeting abt his ratings when US covid death toll hits 50K. he doesn't care.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1244309931874017280 and when US lost jobs hit 10M.he doesn't care people *really* need

1. quick thread on the media's collective refusal to ask the truly disturbing questions about Trump surrendering US to pandemic--why???https://pressrun.media/p/did-distracted-trump-simply-miss 2. we've seen excellent, in-depth reporting on *w

1. quick thread on how the air has completely leaked out of the deflated WH briefing room....https://pressrun.media/p/trump-commits-ultimate-tv-sin-with 2. There’s little sense of urgency anymore, despite the grave topic at hand.

34k died from flu in US last year18k have died from covid-19 in US in *one month*Dinesh D’Souza is always the dumbest man in the roomhttps://twitter.com/dineshdsouza/status/1248661410323849217 I wish all these

It’s almost like reporters are serving as willing propshttps://twitter.com/maggienyt/status/1247305939042140160 we’re so far beyond Stockholm Syndrome w/ this stuff ftr, he’s not “fighting” w/ reporters. he’s mocking and attacking them. they

every crisis mentioned in article (9/11, Katrina, financial collapse, pandemic) happened under GOP president it’s almost like “Republicans” fail, not “America”;https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/america-was-unprepared-for-a-major-crisis-again/20