Discussion: NYT Faces Backlash For Headline On How 'We' Missed Rise Of Right-Wing Extremism

Danke.

Finally found that “NYT” article. its a satire site, header clearly states “if todays NYT editors were in charge in 1943…” Lets not let his undercut well deserved criticism with this fake front page

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The NYT is really cutting edge news. /s
WaPo and many other outlets had an updated story on this 3 weeks ago.
Janet Reitman of The New York Times Magazine is writing a book on this and had an article in NYTMag a month ago.
Obama distributed $10M in 2016 for Countering Violent Extremism Grant Program, but Trump cancelled it.

But the real outrage that scottsa and I remember is the Obama 2009 report on the rise and potential increase of right-wing extremism. The Republicans went crazy.

In my view, it is not ‘we’, the media, or law enforcement that ignored right-wing extremism. It is Trump, Fox, and GOPers. They still ignore it to this day.

(h/t to scottsa. I was having a hell of time finding that report w/o the date)

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Tomorrow’s headline:

> Climate Change is a Thing. Who Knew?

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Cranky commenter commends colleague’s comedic comment.

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Excellent observation! We need to take some sort of action to stop this trend. If only there were some leader who could prime the pump for us.

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Does the Times still have a Whitewater desk?
I know they have a “Hamilton” desk.

Let’s not forget the old Spy magazine which ran a monthly column devoted to the Times botch of the month.
There were also regular appearances in the “Logrolling In Our Time” feature.

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Precisely pontificated

But he was so good in Galaxy Quest! Oh the humanity!

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Like Brooklyn BBQ

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And Now This …

“Surprise, surprise, surprise.”
— Gomer Pyle, 1962

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a person in his prime

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Whoa! Sort of like Trump’s “nobody knows…”

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