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NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 10:46 PM Mar 2017

NYT normalization - looking at front page on the web

"Trump Favors Special Ops and Local Troops, As Obama Did"
"What Gorsuch Has In Common With Liberals"
"Wiretap Claims are Discredited, but Renews Real Debate"

At least the WA Post is keeping the heat on...not sure why the Times decided to go soft...

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NYT normalization - looking at front page on the web (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Mar 2017 OP
"Trump Favors Special Ops and Local Troops" Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #1
lol, exactly Renew Deal Mar 2017 #7
At this point, anything he does "like Obama" I'm overjoyed about. forgotmylogin Mar 2017 #8
The media are hyper-sensitive to false accusations J_William_Ryan Mar 2017 #2
Nailed it. The truth loses out . Being all things to all people is cowardice , nocalflea Mar 2017 #5
The first item you mentioned indicates that trump is a hypocrite and liar. The still_one Mar 2017 #3
We here can read between the lines and interpret them - but as written my view is that NRaleighLiberal Mar 2017 #4
got it, thanks for clarifying still_one Mar 2017 #6
 

Jonny Appleseed

(960 posts)
1. "Trump Favors Special Ops and Local Troops"
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 10:52 PM
Mar 2017

If you believe Trump actually knows what the military strategy currently is, then you've been in a coma. He tossed it off to the generals, whom then said "yeah the last guy knew what he was doing, let's stick with that."

J_William_Ryan

(1,753 posts)
2. The media are hyper-sensitive to false accusations
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 10:58 PM
Mar 2017

of being ‘liberal’ and ‘biased toward the left,’ whatever that’s supposed to be.

Journalists reporting facts and the truth which conflict with rightwing dogma is not being ‘biased toward the left,’ exposing as false the lies contrived and propagated by Trump and conservatives doesn’t mean the media are being ‘liberal.’

still_one

(92,187 posts)
3. The first item you mentioned indicates that trump is a hypocrite and liar. The
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:24 PM
Mar 2017

second item, I would need to read the article to comment, and the third item again demonstrates he is an uninformed liar.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
4. We here can read between the lines and interpret them - but as written my view is that
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:35 PM
Mar 2017

they do normalize. There is nothing like those headlines on the Post front page - or even CNN.

The paper needs to reach those who don't read between the lines and be bold - in my view, anyway.

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