Photo: Nate Silver/Twitter The paper of record had a curious approach in reporting Donald Trump’s response to our nation’s latest two mass shootings, which occurred in less than 48 hours over the weekend. The front-page headline of the New York Times, made public on Monday night for the next morning’s first edition, blared “Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism.” It was a … unique way of interpreting Trump’s role in stoking the white supremacist violence espoused by one of the shooters.
People on Twitter, including several of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, quickly reacted to the headline’s description, which was so devoid of context as to actually misrepresent Trump’s speech — and the part of his base that has embraced hateful, racist rhetoric very recently, like the crowd at one of his rallies last week that chanted “send her back” about Representative Ilhan Omar.
“Trump urges unity vs. racism” may have been conceived as a simplified summary of one aspect of the address he gave on Monday, in which Trump read, from a teleprompter: “In one voice our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy.” But it ignored the many times Trump has all but encouraged supporters to tackle the problem of “invading” migrants at our borders themselves, demonizing asylum seekers as “animals” and “criminals.
After the blowback, the Times released a second edition with a different headline, “Assailing Hate But Not Guns.” Closer, maybe, but still missing the point. Trump also assailed video games, social media, and the internet in his address, in addition to failing to call for stronger background checks or any meaningful movement on gun-reform legislation. Trump’s speech urged very little outside of platitudes.
Executive editor Dean Baquet admitted Tuesday that “the headline was bad,” but stood behind the reporting of the story, which was much more skeptical of Trump’s speech than the headline implied. The online version of the story is now under a headline that says “Trump Condemns White Supremacy But Stops Short of Major Gun Controls.” But #CancelNYT is trending on Twitter, where outraged users are fed up with the paper’s strenuous attempts at remaining “objective.
I love you.
Sometimes, when you don’t want to keep fanning hatred, be subjective instead. It’s honest.
Weird because that's exactly what he fucking said.
Bad? Completely, utterly WRONG! Get. Real.
But also that nothing is particularly “aberrant” about Trump so no big deal
Fire deanbaquet.
davidmcswane Excement soaked in stagnant water & left in a hot room moldy room is worth more than the vile lies that your fakenews insurrectionistOrganization spews. I believe your goal is civil war & should be prosecuted. If the Sedition Act were in place you’d be in prison at the least
LovesTheJust People do make mistakes trying to get a 'headline' Jimmy Olsen/Lois Lane
How utterly bland.
Indeed
Urges RACISM vs UNITY. An understandable mistake for someone with Trump, like Aphasia
Trump URGES UNITY vs racism :)
what about the other one did he mention that one?
an understatement.
If he chose or approved of it, he should be FIRED. Cowardice Dissembling Pandering Lazy GrayLadyRaped
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