More than any other newspaper I know it attracts the most confidently vapid readers, and the political blindspots of the newspaper are as big as the Iraq War.
How many people are still reading newspapers/print media??
I meant the digital version too.
So if someone links a NYT article you lose respect for them?
It depends, but in general yes I do.
The NYT does not deserve the aura of a storied, trustable news organization that most people freely bestow it with in their minds.
It is a massively problematic institution that has dropped the ball on The Iraq War, Trump and The Palestinian Genocide among other bullshit.
There is nothing prestigious about the NYT now if there ever even was.
What sources do you find reputable?
As a straight slot in replacement I would say The Guardian has far less existential blindspots to its coverage, I would recommend a whole mix though.
I am not saying The Guardian doesn’t have issues, it is rather that the New York Times regularly platforms and helps normalize truly ideologically unserious, dangerous beliefs without differentiating it from journalism based in reality. In general, The Guardian is far less likely to do that.
I generally agree.
And also, congrats on an actual unpopular opinion, apparently.
Is there a paper for lively people with imposter syndrome who seek impartial reporting?
How do you know they don’t read that and multiple other sources to gain a round opinion?
I am not a program with a binary logic check, obviously it is a gradation of judgement, how would I know from one instance of someone doing something what they are truly like? …but if you regularly read the NYT and treat it as a trustable resource on the level of other highly respected international news organizations, yes I am going to lose respect for you… based on how much you prioritize reading the NYT over other news.
I don’t know if you have met people who do this, but there are plenty of people who pick the NYT as their news source and just mostly check that. It is mercifully becoming rarer, but not rare enough.
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On a more serious note, I think it’s important to have a variety of sources while having a check on both your and the paper’s biases. There’s no one paper that can perfectly cover everything, even Jacobin mag.
