Column: Denial and Blame at The New York Times

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Column: Denial and Blame at The New York Times
 

By Tim Graham | April 8, 2020 6:37 AM EDT

The late journalism professor Ted J. Smith III wrote many years ago in The American Enterprise magazine that the press is often guilty of an “omnidirectional” bias. They will criticize their targets for taking one course of action, which in no way stops them from later criticizing their targets for doing the opposite. Their targets are usually conservatives or Republicans.

In the current pandemic, this means the press is currently seeking to punish anyone conservative or Republican for downplaying the coronavirus threat, as well as anyone suggesting the virus was being exploited by the media as the latest cudgel against President Trump.

So now The New York Times is writing articles with headlines like “Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded,” and “Alarm, Denial, Blame: The Pro-Trump Media’s Coronavirus Distortion.”

 https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/04/08/column-denial-and-blame-new-york-times

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