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NY Times changes social media guidelines so reporters don't appear biased
Fox News ^ | Oct. 13, 2017 | Brian Flood

Posted on 10/13/2017 2:42:17 PM PDT by Hadean

New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet issued new social media guidelines to his newsroom on Friday and advised staffers to “read them closely, and take them to heart” so that the paper’s journalists are not perceived as biased.

“Many of our journalists are influential voices on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms. The voices of our readers, listeners and viewers inform and improve our reporting,” Baquet wrote. “But we also need to make sure that we are engaging responsibly on social media, in line with the values of our newsroom.”

Baquet discussed Twitter at a forum at George Washington University Thursday and said his staff “should not be able to say anything on social media that they cannot say” in the Times, according to Politico.

The Times’ rival, The Washington Post, published a story back in Oct. 2016 headlined, “#Biased? Reporters on Twitter don’t hold back about Trump”. The article mentioned Times reporters throughout, noting that “reporters are supposed to keep their opinion out of the stories they write” but that policy doesn’t seem to apply to Twitter. The Post called out Times staffers Alex Burns for attacking Trump on a regular basis – and that was before he defeated Hillary Clinton on Election Day.

Media Research Center Vice President Dan Gainor thinks it’s too little, too late when it comes to the Times' reporters appearing anti-Trump on social media.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coverup; liberalmedia; msm; newmedia; newyorktimes; nyt

1 posted on 10/13/2017 2:42:17 PM PDT by Hadean
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To: Hadean
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2 posted on 10/13/2017 2:44:50 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Hadean

Remember right after the Trump election the NYT said it was going to be less biased? Same deal here. No change is coming.


3 posted on 10/13/2017 2:48:03 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Hadean

NY Times changes social media guidelines so reporters will stop telling everyone how biased they are


4 posted on 10/13/2017 2:50:41 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: Hadean
So that the paper’s journalists are not perceived as biased

It doesn't matter if the actually ARE biased, just that they are not "perceived" as biased. HA

5 posted on 10/13/2017 2:55:05 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever.)
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To: Freee-dame

They are not fooling anybody not already fooled.


6 posted on 10/13/2017 3:04:49 PM PDT by existtoexcel
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To: Hadean

They do present every side:

Marxism, Stalinism, Boleshivism, Fascism, Nazism, Socialism or Menchivism.

They cover and support it all. :)


7 posted on 10/13/2017 3:24:00 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Hadean

But but... Freedom of speech. Just like the NFL right.

Filthy lefty hypocrites.


8 posted on 10/13/2017 3:24:48 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: jjotto

It’s sort of like the k-12th grade school system in the United States.

Test scores go down. They’re failing our kids.

What do they do to fix it?

They go to the very same people who came up with the last fix that failed, and demand the very same current failing teachers to implement it.

Rinse and repeat every five years.

The longest running continuous dog-n-pony show in U. S. History.


9 posted on 10/13/2017 3:30:33 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national punch-bowl.)
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To: Hadean
"appear" being the operative word here...
10 posted on 10/13/2017 3:43:56 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Hadean

over the years, lines became blurred re: the differences between reporter v. journalist.

a journalist reported the news and was allowed to inject editorial bias.
a reporter reported the news without favor.

and here we are...it’s all bias.


11 posted on 10/13/2017 5:25:30 PM PDT by stylin19a (Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
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To: Hadean

yeah, can’t have them “appear” or “be perceived as” biased. Nope. BEING biased, oh, that’s another story!


12 posted on 10/13/2017 5:27:47 PM PDT by EDINVA
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