NYT seems to think "The Final Solution" was a bold housing policy

[gracchus]

@FGD135

Fascist governments have provided plenty of templates for this sort of thing

Indeed they have. Not that the NYT will discuss those parts of this “plan” for affordable housing.

@katin

So… do we know why the NYT has gone so badly off the rails lately?

It’s baked into in the outlet. It’s just been brought into stark relief by one of the candidates representing the duopoly it accepts as a source of stability being both completely unsuitable and a threat to democracy (a lesser priority than stability for the NYT).

As ever, it comes down to their desired audience. Quoting myself, in order for the outlet to truly oppose a MAGA statement or policy it…

@gracchus

would have to be undeniable and a source of financial concern to his conservative Wall Street donors, to the point that they were talking about it openly at the cocktail parties the senior editors/courtiers are allowed to attend.

Otherwise, Joe Kahn and his ilk are going to keep pretending that this is a person who’s fit to hold the office of President. The more he declines, the more pieces we’ll see about MAGAts in Real American™ diners expressing their support for him.

The NYT serves a very specific audience: high net worth individuals who live or once lived in Manhattan or gentrified Brooklyn, and to a lesser extent those realistically working toward that status. Their ideology doesn’t matter to its editors so much as their financial and social class. When you read and appreciate the good, solid reporting that the paper does – it does a lot of that as well as part of its service – and you’re not in that club, keep in mind that that they’re table scraps.

This tacit support for MAGA Republicanism comes in many forms. For example, here’s Nick Kristof this morning, white-knighting on behalf of the rubes who support America’s foremost and most long-standing public grifter:

Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Demean Trump Voters

Educated liberals often view the conservative working class with a whiff of condescension that is both unfair and counterproductive.

It’s our fault, y’see, for pointing out that they’re being conned.

[Anyone know why the NYT isn’t one-boxing anymore? Answers in the appropriate meta topic , please]