Sarah Grace
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This headline, and its front-page placement, strike me as a small but important step in the right direction. The real test is whether NYT either (a) starts incorporating blunt use of L-word language in straight news—vs. "news analysis"—content, and (b) continues to highlight this kind of analysis.
This is not the first time the NYT has called Trump's lies "lies," not by a long shot. (See the next post in this thread for an example from 2016.) But this @peterbakernyt.bsky.social story on his "distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies" hits hard. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This headline, and its front-page placement, strike me as a small but important step in the right direction. The real test is whether NYT either (a) starts incorporating blunt use of L-word language in straight news—vs. "news analysis"—content, and (b) continues to highlight this kind of analysis.
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February 23, 2025
February 23, 2025
Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
February 23, 2025
While families are struggling to pay bills, Republicans are trying to raise the cost of care by gutting Medicaid. I'm joining @CaringAcrossGen to stop this! Call on Congress to protect Medicaid which so many people rely on, like my brother who has Autism: go.caringacross.org/a/no-cuts-pr...
No Cuts, No Concessions: Protect Medicaid!
go.caringacross.org
February 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
While families are struggling to pay bills, Republicans are trying to raise the cost of care by gutting Medicaid. I'm joining @CaringAcrossGen to stop this! Call on Congress to protect Medicaid which so many people rely on, like my brother who has Autism: go.caringacross.org/a/no-cuts-pr...