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New York Times chief outlines coverage shift: From Trump-Russia to Trump racism
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Posted on 08/15/2019 9:03:28 PM PDT by Bigtigermike

Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times, said recently that, after the Mueller report, the paper has to shift the focus of its coverage from the Trump-Russia affair to the president's alleged racism.

"We built our newsroom to cover one story, and we did it truly well," Baquet said. "Now we have to regroup, and shift resources and emphasis to take on a different story."

Baquet made the remarks at an employee town hall Monday. A recording was leaked to Slate, which published a transcript Thursday.

The day Bob Mueller walked off that witness stand, two things happened," Baquet continued. "Our readers who want Donald Trump to go away suddenly thought, 'Holy shit, Bob Mueller is not going to do it.' And Donald Trump got a little emboldened politically, I think. Because, you know, for obvious reasons. And I think that the story changed. A lot of the stuff we're talking about started to emerge like six or seven weeks ago. We're a little tiny bit flat-footed

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To: KarlInOhio

Orwell had a vision of future Democrats. And others in the deep state.


61 posted on 08/16/2019 7:01:22 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: Bigtigermike

When all else fails for the Democrats they pull out their much used, frayed and worn out race cards. It’s a sure sign of their total desperation!


62 posted on 08/16/2019 7:17:45 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: jdsteel

To be fair there are a number of us ex-Democrats who escaped the sheep farm before the brainwashing took full effect.


63 posted on 08/16/2019 7:31:05 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: poconopundit

ROFL...Perfect!!!


64 posted on 08/16/2019 7:41:55 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"... "Let The Force be with YOU!!!"... Making America Great Again)
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To: Bigtigermike
Here is the transcript. This is totally outrageous. Russia hoax to racism. The NYT 1619 Project is the opening salvo against Trump.
65 posted on 08/16/2019 7:50:03 AM PDT by kabar
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To: KarlInOhio
Staffer: Hello, I have another question about racism. I’m wondering to what extent you think that the fact of racism and white supremacy being sort of the foundation of this country should play into our reporting. Just because it feels to me like it should be a starting point, you know? Like these conversations about what is racist, what isn’t racist. I just feel like racism is in everything. It should be considered in our science reporting, in our culture reporting, in our national reporting. And so, to me, it’s less about the individual instances of racism, and sort of how we’re thinking about racism and white supremacy as the foundation of all of the systems in the country. And I think particularly as we are launching a 1619 Project, I feel like that’s going to open us up to even more criticism from people who are like, “OK, well you’re saying this, and you’re producing this big project about this. But are you guys actually considering this in your daily reporting?”

Baquet: You know, it’s interesting, the argument you just made, to go back to the use of the word racist. I didn’t agree with all of this from Keith Woods, who I know from New Orleans and who’s the ombudsman for NPR. He wrote a piece about why he wouldn’t have used the word racist, and his argument, which is pretty provocative, boils down to this: Pretty much everything is racist. His view is that a huge percentage of American conversation is racist, so why isolate this one comment from Donald Trump? His argument is that he could cite things that people say in their everyday lives that we don’t characterize that way, which is always interesting. You know, I don’t know how to answer that, other than I do think that that race has always played a huge part in the American story.

And I do think that race and understanding of race should be a part of how we cover the American story. Sometimes news organizations sort of forget that in the moment. But of course it should be. I mean, one reason we all signed off on the 1619 Project and made it so ambitious and expansive was to teach our readers to think a little bit more like that. Race in the next year—and I think this is, to be frank, what I would hope you come away from this discussion with—race in the next year is going to be a huge part of the American story. And I mean, race in terms of not only African Americans and their relationship with Donald Trump, but Latinos and immigration. And I think that one of the things I would love to come out of this with is for people to feel very comfortable coming to me and saying, here’s how I would like you to consider telling that story. Because the reason you have a diverse newsroom, to be frank, is so that you can have people pull together to try to tell that story. I think that’s the closest answer I can come.

66 posted on 08/16/2019 7:54:30 AM PDT by kabar
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To: EdnaMode
Everyone should read the transcript of the meeting. It is chilling and insightful. Anyone who thinks the NYT is an objective source of news must read the transcript. It is no wonder that Baquet was fired. Outrageous. Pravda on the Hudson.
67 posted on 08/16/2019 7:57:44 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Bigtigermike

And “white nationalism” is the new term for racism.


68 posted on 08/16/2019 8:11:04 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Bigtigermike
"Twitter is not reality, as publisher A.G. Sulzberger told the staff earlier in the session. “You know, someone did a study of Twitter shares that showed that 70 percent of all stories shared on Twitter were never opened,” Sulzberger said. “And to me, that’s just a reminder that so much of the world is judging before they’re actually engaging.” https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/new-york-times-meeting-transcript.html

Sulzberger needs to examine the Times' digital subscriptions - I'm guessing a lot are as fake as Jussie Smollett's "attack". (yes, democrat war rooms can buy cheap subscriptions to buy influence. Sulzberger outed twitter - now he needs to take a look closer to home.

69 posted on 08/16/2019 8:29:43 AM PDT by GOPJ (While the Medical Examiner was on lunch break, Epstein cremated himself. Freeper reddawg)
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To: Bigtigermike

Mr. Baquet is still behind. Racism, the most over used word in American english, is now out, replaced by White Nationalism. Try to stay up Dean.


70 posted on 08/16/2019 8:42:13 AM PDT by upchuck (If democrats would stop shooting people gun violence would drop by 90% ~ h/t Mr K.)
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To: Bigtigermike

I figured this was the Bee.


71 posted on 08/16/2019 10:13:56 AM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: Parley Baer

Are you actually saying this story is fake?


72 posted on 08/16/2019 1:52:16 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

I am saying the NYT puts out fake news.


73 posted on 08/16/2019 4:21:20 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Mark17
"The next debate will be multiple choice: A. Russia B. Racism"

"After racism, what will be schtick C?"

C. "Common-sense gun control"

74 posted on 08/16/2019 8:08:57 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is solving the worldÂ’s problems only to distract us from Russia.)
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To: kabar

Absolutely right.
NYT is all out to defeat President Trump by smearing and slandering him in the worst and most vile racist ways.
NYT has a defeat Trump Campaign of its very own


75 posted on 08/16/2019 8:47:05 PM PDT by onyx
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To: Bigtigermike; 100American; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...

They might as well just go from broadsheet to tabloid size and make it official.

DANG!


76 posted on 08/16/2019 8:50:05 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: kabar

BUMP

Sent from my iPhone
77 posted on 08/16/2019 8:51:00 PM PDT by onyx
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To: Bigtigermike

Paper that sold to a beaner for $1...


78 posted on 08/16/2019 8:51:02 PM PDT by northislander
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To: Bigtigermike

How about: “Trump Stomped Us?”


79 posted on 08/17/2019 6:30:19 AM PDT by madison10
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To: jdsteel

Caucasian Democrats are selling the constitutional rights of other American (Black, White, Brown & Yellow) for whatever money and privileges the members of the Black Caucus and Al Sharpton types demand.
It’s called factoring, aka as finder’s fees in the Progressive business world


80 posted on 08/17/2019 1:08:27 PM PDT by BilLies (Judge Excoriates Two Hearst Executives http://yale64.org/news/white.htm)
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