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Posted on 05/21/2019 5:37:59 PM PDT by Hojczyk
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet spoke candidly last weekend about how the media "did not quite understand the Trump phenomenon" during the 2016 election.
In an interview conducted by the International News Media Association, Baquet was asked about a letter to readers that he and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. wrote days after the historic election of Donald Trump.
"After such an erratic and unpredictable election there are inevitable questions: Did Donald Trump’s sheer unconventionality lead us and other news outlets to underestimate his support among American voters? What forces and strains in America drove this divisive election and outcome?
Most important, how will a president who remains a largely enigmatic figure actually govern when he takes office?" Baquet and Sulzberger wrote. "As we reflect on the momentous result, and the months of reporting and polling that preceded it, we aim to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor, striving always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you."
Baquet insisted his letter wasn't an "apology," but rather an "acknowledgment of something important."
“It was an acknowledgment that the American press … did not quite understand the Trump phenomenon," Baquet said. "Nobody in my newsroom — nobody in front of me — said that they thought Donald Trump could win."
Baquet said the staff underestimated the impact the economy had on voters and "how much anger there was" in the U.S.
"My goal now is to understand that," he said. "And I already think we’ve done a better job. I think we’ve come a long way.”
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we aim to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor, striving always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you.”
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Nope.
They were prejudiced by their self interests.
David Martosko of the Daily Mail saw and reported what was happening clearly.
There was another semi-major media fellow that I’m afraid I’ve forgotten who did so too.
The prejudice of self-interest is the problem with American media: they are paid for by internationalist marketeers.
Well stop the presses! Guys like him,riding Metro North from his multi million dollar estate in Darien to Grand Central a few days a week,not having the first clue what “Middle America” is about.Shocking,I’d say!
By describing it as the Trump Phenomenon also misses the Point, although it is getting closer.
The real issue is Democrats do not understand Trump.
The truth is Trump is more decent and honest than Democrats
The proof is no one can name even one thing Trump has done or said that is worse than The Clintons
What you’re really admitting is that you didn’t know a large percentage of American citizens didn’t buy into th KGB crap you’ve been selling for decades.
Your paper also didn’t understand The Holomodor.
They also don’t understand the America phenomenon or the freedom phenomenon.
"My goal now is to understand that," he said. "And I already think we’ve done a better job. I think we’ve come a long way.”
Mr. Baquet, you haven't even begun to scratch the surface!
They went whole hog for the most divisive and crooked candidate since Jezebel... And then itch about 'forces and strains' that made a mockery of their lying, twisted words.
The real phenonminom is what has happened with the Left.
MAGA is just what the USA has always aspired to be.
We need to kill the Left.
If honest reporting had ever been even an infinitesimal part of their mission or if it ever becomes such then Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer would be rescinded and it would be the Times demanding it.
So, since we have a wholly reliable metric against which to measure this can quickly be recognized as fake news.
He thinks Love of God and country and freedom is anger.
He’s damn clueless.
bttt
Firing known racist nyt editor sarah jeong would help.
Read the US Constitution.
The NYT didn’t have to understand the Trump phenomenon. All they had to do was observe what was going on and then report fairly. They didn’t. Journalists don’t need to actually “understand”; they need to report.
They missed the rallies ?
The number rallies held by the 2016 Donald Trump for his presidential campaign. During the campaign, a total of 323 rallies were held: 186 for the primary season and 137 for the general election.
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