The New York Times faced a wave of backlash Thursday morning after announcing in a headline that “We” missed “The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism.”
The headline, for the Thursday episode of the Times’ “The Daily” podcast, was eventually changed: “The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, and How U.S. Law Enforcement Ignored It”
But readers and journalists saw the initial headline as representative of a narrow view of “we” — and pointed out that marginalized groups in America and scores of reporters on the ground have long warned of violent right-wing extremists.
When you ask who the “we” is here, the answer tells you a lot about what raced, gendered voice is considered “objective” in American media pic.twitter.com/Hamjd2DI3b
— Judah Maccabeets? (@AdamSerwer) December 13, 2018
Ok…it’s time to have the conversation (again) about how “we missed it” really means you don’t see evidence or predictions from people of color as legitimate: a quick thread.
‘The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, and How We Missed It – The New York Times’ https://t.co/BrrVMVJQM1
— Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) December 13, 2018
When "We" means "White Media," perhaps white media ought to introspect why indeed it didn't cover the rise of white supremacist terrorism, a phenomenon deeply embedded within the US, while nonwhite media & nonwhite sources repeatedly did.
6+ years ago: https://t.co/ZbFYA9nL75
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) December 13, 2018
You tawkinna me, NYT? Because, actually, a bunch of journos who saw this coming were ignored by most in mainstream media, which is invested in a denial-laced view of America. https://t.co/nAVt2V7c6V
— Adele M. Stan (@AddieStan) December 13, 2018
“We” ain’t me. https://t.co/lxOnRAd72w
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 13, 2018
Speak for yourself, @nytimes https://t.co/kxTxIR6E19
— Yes, You're Racist (@YesYoureRacist) December 13, 2018
Just the fact Tim Allen has a career is evidence enough we’re in the midst of a fascism plague.
“The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, and How U.S. Law Enforcement Ignored It”
These guys probably wear butterflies, Tweedjackets with leatherpatches and smokes pipes with real tobacco ?
I’m glad they stopped my subscription, at the time were they tried the free subscription model.
and just because it’s the NYT I will repost this
No. Seriously. How DID the NYT miss it? It was obvious to anyone, whether they were looking for it or not! The NYT and most of the “mainstream media” chose to view it all through it’s “both sides” sort of lens.
Fuck the NYT. Hope they rot in hell.
The NYT missed the rise of Conservative Extremism because they’re contemptuous of every one who warns them, and they dismiss as a leftist partisan everyone who tells them what’s happening, even when the people ringing the sirens are columnists in their own house - like Paul Krugman and Charles Blow.
NYT’s reporters, editors, and publishers have been so intent on proving to the right-wing that they were unbiased, centrist, and neutral, that they let themselves get turned into a both-sides justification tool for the right.