NY Times Ripped For 'Pathetic' Front-Page Trump Coverage
The New York Times is coming under fire for its front-page coverage of President Donald Trump’s threat on Monday to use the military against American citizens.
Trump said he was “dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel and law enforcement” to quell the civic unrest caused by a white police officer killing George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis last week.
After Trump’s comments, police used tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful protesters outside the White House to give the president a photo op as he walked to a nearby church and posed for pictures with a Bible.
The Times front page shared by print editor Tom Jolly showed a headline across all six columns reading “As Chaos Spreads, Trump Vows To ‘End It Now.’” That, critics said, didn’t come close to expressing what happened:
The President is acting like a budding dictator.
Headline fail, @nytimes. pic.twitter.com/wOYcCAtNPn— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) June 2, 2020
This headline goes beyond gaslighting and reads as a full-on endorsement of fascism—and it’s the front page of the @nytimes tomorrow: pic.twitter.com/VBjYTYgR0u
— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) June 2, 2020
The New York Times headline writers are going to Both Sides the country to death. https://t.co/FvrDVE0sJe
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 2, 2020
Just pathetic. An insult to readers and everyone else. https://t.co/6MTwpSdZeS
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) June 2, 2020
You can be mad at this @nytimes headline. It is terrible.
But I just wish you’d be more mad that your local news is going bankrupt, because they are covering your town’s criminal justice issues, police brutality, opioids, schools, health, water, better than national news can. pic.twitter.com/8F7hwaUqLE— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) June 2, 2020
Democracy dies in darkness, @nytimes. pic.twitter.com/NQC9YDtj3y
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) June 2, 2020
Tom, this is embarrassing. I’d be ashamed to work for a place that put this out.
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) June 2, 2020
If the New York Times thinks this accurately describes what happened today, I have no idea what country they've been living in - they should just let Trump write their headlines. https://t.co/zZn7H5cZiC
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 2, 2020
Another great example of the @nytimes failing you in their reporting. https://t.co/bTdAyFdjX9
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) June 2, 2020
This headline is a complete betrayal of the truth of what occurred today. The irony is that by failing so thoroughly and completely, @nytimes is actually causing it’s own extinction. Keep this both sides shit up and there won’t be a free press at after November. https://t.co/F3NS1brJuL
— Paychecko (@Paychecko) June 2, 2020
Fixed it for you, @nytimes. pic.twitter.com/F9phceoZkW
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 2, 2020
Cowards. @nytimes https://t.co/T26gweuYBq
— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) June 2, 2020
I’m not among those who love bashing the @nytimes, which I consider our frontline defense against tyranny. But this headline is stunningly bad, totally missing what may be the most chilling day in the Trump presidency. pic.twitter.com/p7KAxP8cvJ
— David Boardman (@dlboardman) June 2, 2020
It’s amazing that no media reporter has ever written the definitive piece about why the @nytimes sucks so bad at headlines when it matters most.
Undoubtedly arrogance is half the problem. But what’s the other half? Process?— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) June 2, 2020
Possibly one of the worst headlines ever written, and I used to write headlines for a living. NYT editor Dean Bacquet is a disgrace to journalism and ought to be fired.
— Michael Dresser (@michaeltdresser) June 2, 2020
Cancelling my subscription to the @nytimes A trash newspaper that is a disgrace to it’s own legacy. https://t.co/fkuHDlO7js
— Tony (@TonyAtamanuik) June 2, 2020
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