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RidinWithHarris

(381 posts) Sat Sep 7, 2024, 05:32 PM Sep 7

For whatever it might be worth, let's barrage the press for ridiculously uneven and unfair coverage

Here's an email address to start with: michael.gold@nytimes.com

Love or hate the NYT, one thing they do is publish email addresses for the authors of their articles. This particular asswipe recenty "sane-washed" Trump's inane blather about child care, as someone else posted about here on DU.

Short and to the point, I emailed him this:

What on earth makes you "sane-wash" Trump's gibberish for him?

You’re merely aiding and abetting the possibility of an utter madman ending democracy in America.

“...he said he would prioritize legislation on the issue [of child care] but offered no specifics…”?

Be ashamed.

When you run into this kind of bullshit, don't just bitch here, bitch to the source of the bullshit if you can.

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For whatever it might be worth, let's barrage the press for ridiculously uneven and unfair coverage (Original Post) RidinWithHarris Sep 7 OP

can't hurt, but maybe we should also barrage orthoclad Sep 7 #1

If you've got contact info for those people, I'm all for it n/t RidinWithHarris Sep 7 #2

First we need a list of names and corps orthoclad Sep 7 #4

Sounds like a good idea RidinWithHarris Sep 7 #5

Good idea. orthoclad Sep 7 #6

Better idea? Spend your time and resources working the phones, knocking on doors, sending postcards to voters. onenote Sep 7 #3

Is that really better? RidinWithHarris Sep 7 #7

One on one voter contact is a very important way to get our voters to go to the polls or send in a mail in ballot. emulatorloo Sep 7 #8

orthoclad

(4,227 posts)

1. can't hurt, but maybe we should also barrage

Reply to RidinWithHarris (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 05:43 PM

Sep 7

the owners of the oligarch press to let them know we're onto them.

You know, the ones who sign the journos' paychecks (metaphorically of course). And the ones who give editorial direction to the editors.

RidinWithHarris

(381 posts)

2. If you've got contact info for those people, I'm all for it n/t

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 05:44 PM

Sep 7

orthoclad

(4,227 posts)

4. First we need a list of names and corps

Reply to RidinWithHarris (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 08:41 PM

Sep 7

Two to start with are Sinclair and Bezos. Then whatever corp owns the LA Times and a scad of other papers.

Will you join me in working on contacts? This would be a very useful endeavor. I don't know a whole lot about the structure here, just post in a few spots, but if we could start a permanent thread sort of thing we could do some good.

I bet some media watchdog already has a lot of this.

RidinWithHarris

(381 posts)

5. Sounds like a good idea

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #4)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 09:01 PM

Sep 7

I have no expertise in this kind of search, but I'll see what I can do.

I suppose one thing to do is reach out to some of the people in the media who have spoken out about the Trump-supporting double standards, and ask them not only who else to contact, but what they've tried to do to talk to their colleagues in the media, and what sort of feedback they might have already gotten about why their colleagues do what they do, and resist changing doing what they do.