NYT’s Coverage of Trump and Moms for Liberty
On August 31, I posted a Daily Kos commentary about how a New York Times (NYT) article was like a fan piece for Trump, trying to win over the far-right group, Moms for Liberty. In that commentary, you will see that the NYT wrote not just one lighthearted article about Trump and Moms for Liberty, but two in 24 hours. They both made it seem like Trump was having a great time with this small group in DC, making it look like a big love fest.
Small Meeting, Big Hype
Amazingly, the NYT articles never mentioned that only 600 “Moms” were at the event. They made it sound like it was a huge convention.
NYT’s Surprising Actions
It’s surprising that the NYT often acts like Trump’s PR machine. They reposted the same flattering article from August 31 as the lead item in a September 7 email alert, complete with a smiling photo of Trump and a “Moms” co-founder dancing. The article stayed the same even after feedback pointing out its mistakes and overly positive portrayal of Trump and the “Moms.”
Downplaying Extremism
One of the article’s most shocking parts is this paragraph:
The Moms For Liberty can get a bit carried away — one of their local chapters once quoted Adolf Hitler (“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future”) and then issued an apology disavowing the Führer (“We should not have quoted him in our newsletter”) — but still, their summit on Friday made for a good case study. It was packed with the sort of voters Mr. Trump hopes can help him win in November: fired-up suburban women.
Such a friendly group that sometimes just gets “carried away”! Who wrote this? The Trump communications director?
Ignoring Dangerous Claims
The New Republic notes of the article:
While speaking at an event put on by the extremist group Moms for Liberty, Trump spread a baseless conspiracy theory that “your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation,” referring to transition-related surgeries for trans people. In their [the NYT] write-up of the event, a glowing piece about how Trump “charmed” this group of “conservative moms,” the Times didn’t even mention the moment where he blathered on and on about a crazy conspiracy that has and will never happen.
Remember Hillary’s Emails?
Remember the relentless NYT coverage of Hillary’s emails almost daily, which never amounted to anything, but it offers only limited coverage, by comparison, of Trump’s convictions and trials? It may have cost her the 2016 election.
Normalizing Trump’s Behavior
That’s not even mentioning that the NYT “sanewashes” Trump’s utterly deranged and unhinged statements and tweets, normalizing a demented candidate.
Conclusion
Well, you can’t keep “the paper of record” from tilting its news coverage toward Trump.
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