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points by Rapzid 7 hours ago | 0 comments

Please can we get this fixed to point to the NY Times article; they broke this story no?

Also, New York Post? Let's do better.

What exactly does "better" mean? Both are tools for manipulating public opinion. The NYT is better at inflating it's own reputation.

If NYT was honest, at some point in the past decade it would have acknowledged that one of the primary reporters on its Donald Trump beat was the daughter of an executive VP at the long-time PR firm of Fred and Donald Trump.

https://archive.is/dOHL1

[–] solyin 6 hours ago

> Doomed: Pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die

https://nypost.com/2012/12/05/a-picture-of-controversy/

There's a man that fell off the subway platform, about to get killed by the subway train, and the New York post photographer saw a great opportunity for a photo op for his employer instead of, y'know helping the guy out. Sure, the NYT has had its fair share of scandals but the NY Post isn't well respected for a whole other level of malfeasance.

[–] tredre3 4 hours ago

It wasn't an employee, it was a freelancer who likely tried to sell the photo to multiple outlets. The guy also explained that it didn't happen as you describe https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-20611140

The NY Post is crass, we all know that. But if that's your best example of their malfeasance, then I guess they aren't that evil after all.

[–] GolfPopper 6 hours ago

I guess the Post would need to help start a war that kills a couple hundred thousand people before they're seen as respectable.

https://fair.org/home/20-years-later-nyt-still-cant-face-its...

[–] WillPostForFood 5 hours ago

FWIW, the photographer, Rashid Umar Abbasi, was a freelance photographer.

[–] Rapzid 4 hours ago

It means don't submit trashy tabloids articles, especially on stories where they didn't do the original reporting.

I doubt the NY Post would even deny they are a trashy tabloid. It's their whole thing and understanding that is how you make money in that game.

[–] antonvs 6 hours ago

Better means holding itself to journalistic standards as opposed to catering to the most base instincts of its audience.

The issues you allude to don’t create an equivalence, except in the minds of people with no capacity for discernment whatsoever.

[–] GolfPopper 6 hours ago

I.e. NYT readers prefer their propaganda with a hefty side of snobbery.

[–] aliasxneo 6 hours ago

I was shocked this wasn't flagged into oblivion. NYPost is notoriously wrongspeak.

[–] antonvs 2 hours ago

If you can’t tell the difference between two things that are obviously very different, you lack discernment. It’s nothing to do with snobbery, although people who struggle with such issues often perceive it that way because they don’t want to acknowledge shortcomings in themselves.