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Posted on 03/09/2026 6:46:23 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
Sam Harris sits quietly as Bill Maher calls out the NYT for pushing readers toward an opinion on the “Iran War.”
“The second day of the war… The New York Times’ headline was ‘US troops die.’ That was what they led with.”
“But then, in a country where I’ve read 80 to 90% of the people are thrilled that the Ayatollah is gone, what picture did they put? Picture of people mourning the Ayatollah…”
“I can’t believe that somebody at the desk didn’t get, ‘I’ve got a great picture of people dancing in the streets.’ Yeah, we’re gonna go with the 10% who are sorry the Ayatollah is dead because that’s gonna funnel the thought of our readers toward, ‘Oh, this is a bad war to get into.’”
“That, to me, is the difference in what the media does now and what they didn’t used to do. You’re funneling me toward an opinion, whereas I would love it if you just told me what happened.”
After a couple of low-energy “yeahs,” Harris conceded: “The boundary between activism and journalism has clearly broken down.”
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Keep telling yourself that, Bill.
“Yeah, we’re gonna go with the 10% who are sorry the Ayatollah is dead ...”
That’s what the American communist party does, take the 10 side of 90/10 issues.
What we have is a group of people that doesn’t want Trump to be right or succeed. Even if that hope puts them firmly in the corner of the Ayatollah, Iran, or any other evil entities. They call that TDS. Yes, it’s very real. They hate Trump more than they love Freedom, the United States, and the Constitution. Mental illness is very real.
Since the 70’s, the NYT has played political games with the “news”.
Perhaps soon we will really find out what has been going on.
Or maybe we just want Trump to be the President he promised to be as a candidate.
The End.
Sam Harris is an American public intellectual, best known as a neuroscientist, philosopher, author, and podcast host.
Tagline is still accurate. Sadly.
Wow does Iranian state media pay you?
Are you still around here? I thought they brought you back to the institution a couple of weeks ago.
As always, making Uncle Walter proud.
Like closing the border to illegals, deporting illegals, drill drill drill, deregulation etc etc?
Never forget, they hate US as much, or more, than they hate Trump.
I have two words for Mr. Maher's bald faced assertion: Walter Duranty.
As if Cronkite after the Tet Offensive wasn't just as bad.
Like Making America Great Again ... not some stupid fiasco in the Middle East that does nothing to do such a thing.
You beat me to it.
“”After a couple of low-energy “yeahs,” Harris conceded: “The boundary between activism and journalism has clearly broken down.”””
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What boundary? I haven’t witnessed any such boundary from leftist enemedia for four (or more) decades. To even mention it or make that statement is a joke. And as usual, it’s a ‘not funny’ joke. Harris is (shockingly) being disingenuous.
Samuel Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American neuroscientist, philosopher, author, and podcast host. His work touches on a range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, determinism, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. Harris came to prominence for his criticism of religion, and he is known as one of the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism, along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett.
The New York slimes is worthless at this point.
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