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Title: New York Times Attempts to Sanitize the Virginia AG Blackface Scandal, Calls it ‘Dark Makeup’ in Hea
Post by: rangerrebew on February 08, 2019, 07:00:53 pm

New York Times Attempts to Sanitize the Virginia AG Blackface Scandal, Calls it ‘Dark Makeup’ in Headline
by Cassandra Fairbanks February 6, 2019 145 Comments


The New York Times has changed a headline after facing backlash for attempting to sanitize the Virginia Democratic Party’s blackface scandal by referring to it as “dark makeup.”

Can you imagine them taking such a soft approach if the politician had been a republican?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/new-york-times-attempts-to-sanitize-the-virginia-ag-blackface-scandal-calls-it-dark-makeup-in-headline/ (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/new-york-times-attempts-to-sanitize-the-virginia-ag-blackface-scandal-calls-it-dark-makeup-in-headline/)