New York Times chief outlines coverage shift: From Trump-Russia to Trump racism

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[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

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

[dowcaet]

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!

[dowcaet]

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

[HarleyLady27]

ROFL...Perfect!!!

[kabar]

Here is the transcript. This is totally outrageous. Russia hoax to racism. The NYT 1619 Project is the opening salvo against Trump.

[kabar]

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.

[kabar]

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.

[Menehune56]

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

[GOPJ]

"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.

[upchuck]

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.

[gogeo]

I figured this was the Bee.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Are you actually saying this story is fake?

[Parley Baer]

I am saying the NYT puts out fake news.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"The next debate will be multiple choice: A. Russia B. Racism"

"After racism, what will be schtick C?"

C. "Common-sense gun control"

[onyx]

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

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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

DANG!

[onyx]

BUMP

Sent from my iPhone

[northislander]

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

[madison10]

How about: “Trump Stomped Us?”

[BilLies]

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