3/ If there were a Public Editor, she/he would dig into this story— and see who is telling the truth. Lacking a Public Editor, NYT really needs its leaders, many of whom are former student journalists, to say more about provenance of this very damaging "Harvard bending the knee" report.
4/ Yet again proud of the student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social and scores of other college papers across the country. So many student journalists, and local journalists, doing great independent work. (From 3 years ago: fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-wh... )
A great piece, but I would like the rest of the Harvard "trustees" (Board of Oversight and other members of the Harvard Corporation) to be on the record too. President , as a member of the Corporation is a good start tho.
I wouldn’t call this “on the record.” It’s a really good piece, but the piece on Garber and Trump is still based on hearsay from 3 anonymous faculty. I am really hoping they’re right and NYT was played. But only time will tell.
@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social has had overall excellent reporting on the crisis. This one is particularly strong: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Another excellent piece today: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The NYT needs to burn, at this point. They’re actively trying to destroy society.
We canceled our subscription and we haven't looked back. The NYT has sold its soul to Trump.
NYT editors put "Claudine Gay" in "top 5 featured on the New York Times homepage Dec 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 22, 25" While they put Trump calling for Constitution's "termination" on page 15 and his chief of staff's "tyrant" warning on 12 Christopher Rufo openly bragged about the plans:
"Six of the “lifelong Democrats” and “former Obama voters” are actually elected Republicans "Undecided voters" literal Republican operatives who NYT suspiciously never Googled and were mysteriously chosen: New York Times' ongoing undecided young voters focus group works at a Republican consulting
Mamdani leak NYT editor: "launched term “Clinton Cackle” with an over 900-word account on her laugh "public editor criticized “jarring, sexualized top” in article titled “A Convention Speech, Not a Bodice Ripper.” "Healy’s widely-panned (and subsequently rewritten) report presented Trump speech
"pretend a right-wing activist is just a Concerned Citizen" is the go-to move for crypto-reactionary NYT people. Jeremy Peters did this for a militia member at Charlottesville, I pointed the error out to him on Twitter and he blocked me." theracket.news/p/how-the-ne... bsky.app/profile/ryan...
"Centrist" editors with extremists and "meritocracy" men in media: “Thanks re 1488, don’t forward chains showing sausage being made,” Yiannopoulos wrote Thiel “fully enlightened, just plays it very carefully” NYT "Ross Douthat approves of" ex-gay Michael Barbaro: bsky.app/profile/orig... Weisman:
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You are way over-selling this. The tone of the NYT articles (including today's) is odd but, of course Harvard is negotiating and considering settlement language. They want legal harassment to end and they will make a deal if they think it is in their interest.
💯 excellent.
Worth noting also that these student journalists are doing this work over the summer, when the academic year hasn’t even started.
Meanwhile NYT serves as the mouthpiece. Guess they forgot how that worked out for them (and us) before. www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/w...
When the history of this period is written, this man will be forever known as someone who had a sacred trust and essential function in a democracy, and he fucked it up his one job completely.
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When will the media learn that not one thing that comes out of the mouths of anyone in this administration is truthful.
They don't care. They just want those sweet, sweet clicks.
Truth doesn't matter. By uncritically reporting anything they say, they maintain access and keep on the Convict's good side. Nothing else seems to matter.
In the absence of a public editor, might this be made part of someone else's hard news series of stories on Trump-related appeasement at the NYT? Or is that just the fantasy of a non-journalist?
I though good journalists verified information before running it. Didn't think it depended on a specific position but was part of the professional ethic.
Joe Kahn, Executive Editor of the NYT, is a former Crimson President. He should be embarrassed by this.