Feminist Author Begs Readers Not to Cancel Subscriptions To New York Times
A feminist author and attorney, seemingly desperate that her media outlet of choice, The New York Times, might be having trouble making money, issued a thread on Twitter pleading for customers of the Times not to abandon the paper. Jill Filipovic, the author of “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness,” described the Times as “one of the best publications in the history of American journalism” and claimed it featured “serious, hard-hitting journalism.”
Markets Insider reported in August, “Shares of The New York Times Company plunged as much as 20% on Wednesday after the publisher said it expects total advertising revenue to fall next quarter. The newspaper publisher reported second quarter results on Wednesday that beat expectations for earnings per share but fell short of revenue estimates.”
Filipovic began: “Before you cancel your New York Times subscription: Do you think our country would be better off without the New York Times, or with an under-funded New York Times? Of course express your frustration. But man, more than ever, we need to support serious, hard-hitting journalism.”
Before you cancel your New York Times subscription: Do you think our country would be better off without the New York Times, or with an under-funded New York Times? Of course express your frustration. But man, more than ever, we need to support serious, hard-hitting journalism.
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She continued, “Yes, there are a lot of publications doing great work. But very few can afford to take on the kind of projects a big legacy publication like the Times does. That was so obvious reading She Said – when you investigate people with deep pockets, you need your own lawyers & resources.’
Yes, there are a lot of publications doing great work. But very few can afford to take on the kind of projects a big legacy publication like the Times does. That was so obvious reading She Said - when you investigate people with deep pockets, you need your own lawyers & resources
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Then an attempt to minimize the damage the partisan outlet does by admitting there is basis for criticism but the paper remains necessary: “You don’t have to love everything the Times does. You certainly should criticize them! I do. But they remain one of the best publications in the history of American journalism. It is so crucial to balance critique with the full view of what they do and what they offer.”
Yes, there are a lot of publications doing great work. But very few can afford to take on the kind of projects a big legacy publication like the Times does. That was so obvious reading She Said - when you investigate people with deep pockets, you need your own lawyers & resources
You don't have to love everything the Times does. You certainly should criticize them! I do. But they remain one of the best publications in the history of American journalism. It is so crucial to balance critique with the full view of what they do and what they offer.
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More of the same: “How many publications still have foreign correspondents all over the globe? How many have the resources to investigate someone like Weinstein, with David Boies in the background? It’s easy to ignore all the great things, which are on balance so many more than the bad ones.”
You don't have to love everything the Times does. You certainly should criticize them! I do. But they remain one of the best publications in the history of American journalism. It is so crucial to balance critique with the full view of what they do and what they offer.
How many publications still have foreign correspondents all over the globe? How many have the resources to investigate someone like Weinstein, with David Boies in the background? It's easy to ignore all the great things, which are on balance so many more than the bad ones.
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Just to edify Filipovic, here is a list of some of the actions the Times has taken just since the beginning of 2019 that would be enough to dismiss it as a reliable source for news:
January 2019: Following the brouhaha revolving around the Covington Catholic schoolboys at the March For Life and the hashtag #ExposeChristianSchools went viral on social media, New York Times reporter Dan Levin asked people on social media to provide him any tips or leads that would help him with a story to seemingly expose Christian schools.
April 2019: The Times ran two vitriolic anti-Semitic cartoons targeting Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; one depicted Netanyahu as a dog on a leash held by a blind President Donald Trump, who was wearing a yarmulke; the other depicted a sour-faced Netanyahu in sunglasses taking a selfie while holding what looks like a stone tablet with a Star of David on it. The Times only apologized for the first carton after the terrorist shooting at the Poway synagogue in California.
June 2019: Reporting on a new piece of “heartbeat” legislation that had passed in Louisiana, the Times avoided the term “fetal heartbeat” by describing it as “embryonic pulsing: as follows:
A State House vote on Wednesday moved the abortion measure to the governor’s desk, after lawmakers rejected a series of amendments including an exception for cases of rape or incest. The measure would require an ultrasound test for any woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy, and forbid abortion if the test detects embryonic pulsing— which can occur before many women know they are pregnant.
August 2019: After President Trump made a televised statement condemning racism and calling for unity, the Times’ initial headline read, “TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM.” But after screams of outrage from Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) accompanied by the Huffington Post and FiveThirtyEight Editor-in-Chief Nate Silver at the sympathetic way the president was portrayed in the headline, the Times pusillanimously changed the headline to “ASSAILING HATE BUT NOT GUNS.”
Feminist Author Begs Readers Not to Cancel Subscriptions To New York Times
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