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lark

(25,823 posts)
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 11:49 AM Apr 2025

I can't believe the NYT and the Washington Post are totally ignoring the massive rallies yesterday.

I unsuscribed to NYT 2 years ago and my WaPo subscription is teetering after this wanton treachery against Democrats!!! WTF!!!

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I can't believe the NYT and the Washington Post are totally ignoring the massive rallies yesterday. (Original Post) lark Apr 2025 OP
Easy explanation..... LilElf70 Apr 2025 #1
They are wholely owned subsidiaries of the reich wing. Biophilic Apr 2025 #2
the protests deserve more prominent placement but they were not ignored cadoman Apr 2025 #3
I'm loathe to defend WaPo, but their whole front page is negative to Trump. yardwork Apr 2025 #30
Since Bezos required restrictions on the editorials, spooky3 Apr 2025 #36
The Post has a had excellent anti-Trump and anti-Musk coverage. Martin68 Apr 2025 #43
I don't understand why you say the NYT is totally ignoring marybourg Apr 2025 #4
They are not. See my free links below. Martin68 Apr 2025 #44
Uh, it was on page one of the NYT. bif Apr 2025 #5
I felt the NYT was starting to get obviously hard on Trump. maddiemom Apr 2025 #37
Yeah, how dare WaPo publish articles/photos with headlines like "Mass Protests Across US Signal Opposition to trump." Silent Type Apr 2025 #6
Gambling?! In Casablanca?! Charlie Chapulin Apr 2025 #7
This isn't true, though, it's on their front pages obamanut2012 Apr 2025 #8
You are correct. Coverage is next to NOTHING in mainstream corp news media IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 2025 #9
Sad, I've seen very little Tickle Apr 2025 #10
I can believe it Johnny2X2X Apr 2025 #11
Of course they are JustAnotherGen Apr 2025 #12
Is it true that Eugene Robinson has quit the Post? nt Jit423 Apr 2025 #13
Yes SocialDemocrat61 Apr 2025 #17
Good for him. Bad for us. nt Jit423 Apr 2025 #54
He's entitled to a rest. He's been there 45 years. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #31
I'm surprised anyone is still subscribed to Wash. Post. especially jrthin Apr 2025 #14
I subscribe to both. They have had extensive anti-Trump and anti-Musk coverage. Martin68 Apr 2025 #45
Not totally mcar Apr 2025 #15
It's on the front page of the NYT - Ms. Toad Apr 2025 #21
There's only one pic on the front page SocialDemocrat61 Apr 2025 #26
Gotcha. A large picture below the fold is worse coverage than a small picture in the footer. Ms. Toad Apr 2025 #38
More of a medium picture SocialDemocrat61 Apr 2025 #47
Here's the front pages of the NYT & Wash Post SocialDemocrat61 Apr 2025 #16
So the headline: "A Day of Protests" bif Apr 2025 #19
? There is NO such "headline" at NYTIMES IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 2025 #24
A single photo with no article SocialDemocrat61 Apr 2025 #25
If you tap on the photo, you go to the story. marybourg Apr 2025 #39
Not on a printed newspaper SocialDemocrat61 Apr 2025 #48
No, not on the, print edition, where it is obvious marybourg Apr 2025 #49
Yes SocialDemocrat61 Apr 2025 #50
Essentially NOTHING. IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 2025 #22
If you tap on the photo, you go to the story. marybourg Apr 2025 #40
It was reported the ABC and NBC evening news last night at least! kimbutgar Apr 2025 #18
Seriously? Ms. Toad Apr 2025 #20
I read about it in the wapo metro section. OLDMDDEM Apr 2025 #23
Did they cover Felon's amazing golf tournament wins? pandr32 Apr 2025 #27
I can. Scrivener7 Apr 2025 #28
WaPo has this and it was the lead article for a while. yardwork Apr 2025 #29
I am glad to see this. It wasn't there when I checked Sunday am. lark Apr 2025 #58
WP treachery Snark Twain Apr 2025 #32
Just sent letter to Editor at Washington Post Chalco Apr 2025 #33
Did you miss this? pnwmom Apr 2025 #34
Guess I was being overdraamatic. lark Apr 2025 #57
I would argue local news coverage is more important Wiz Imp Apr 2025 #35
Actually, they totally are not ignoring the protests. Where do you get your information about these newspapers? Martin68 Apr 2025 #41
Thank you. elleng Apr 2025 #51
Did anyone see what NBC did with the story? Horrifying. Wicked Blue Apr 2025 #42
You are right not to believe it, because it isn't true JoseBalow Apr 2025 #46
I looked at both papers yesterday and while I was being a bit overdramatic, what I said was basically true. lark Apr 2025 #56
MSM has spread the word about the anti T / E rallies for days. Hope22 Apr 2025 #52
But where's the balance? Four MAGATs met outside my local bar to complain Sibelius Fan Apr 2025 #53
The NYT did it in Feb 2003 When there were Massive Protests Cha Apr 2025 #55

LilElf70

(1,328 posts)
1. Easy explanation.....
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 11:59 AM
Apr 2025

Kiss the ring. Or replace the word "ring" with your choice of words.

Biophilic

(6,363 posts)
2. They are wholely owned subsidiaries of the reich wing.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:03 PM
Apr 2025

We do not have a free press any long, at least not in the traditional form.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
3. the protests deserve more prominent placement but they were not ignored
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:07 PM
Apr 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/anti-trump-protests-hands-off.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-trump-washington/

Both are still on the front page, but as your post indicates, were not given the full visual treatment and placement that they deserve.

yardwork

(68,835 posts)
30. I'm loathe to defend WaPo, but their whole front page is negative to Trump.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:37 PM
Apr 2025

If their articles about the mass protests are fighting for space, it's because the rest of the front page is about Trump's tariffs, dismantling agencies, rewriting history, etc.

spooky3

(38,201 posts)
36. Since Bezos required restrictions on the editorials,
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:24 PM
Apr 2025

Straight news stories do not seem to me to have been limited. Lots are critical of this administration’s actions.

Martin68

(26,884 posts)
43. The Post has a had excellent anti-Trump and anti-Musk coverage.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:50 PM
Apr 2025

See the free links I posted below.

marybourg

(13,587 posts)
4. I don't understand why you say the NYT is totally ignoring
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:11 PM
Apr 2025

the demonstrations yesterday. It was the second from the top story yesterday. I don’t know how you stay on top of their articles if you don’t actually subscribe. If you have a trick to do this, please tell!

maddiemom

(5,163 posts)
37. I felt the NYT was starting to get obviously hard on Trump.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:30 PM
Apr 2025

Their editorial section left a better feeling regarding approval of his antics lately. Hardly a disappointment to the many of us who are more and more appalled by him.

Silent Type

(12,310 posts)
6. Yeah, how dare WaPo publish articles/photos with headlines like "Mass Protests Across US Signal Opposition to trump."
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:15 PM
Apr 2025
Or NYT: Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump
Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail . . . . . . .



And here are editorials in WaPo about trump:

Opinions

Monica Hesse
Can we #Romanticize our way out of this dumpster fire called life?

Steve Majors
DEI and White privilege both helped me. But only one is disappearing.

Editorial Board
IRS data privacy is a right worth fighting for

Garrett M. Graff
The weekend that shook the world
Youyou Zhou, Philip Bump and Catherine Rampell

Are food prices really rising? This tracker offers a clue.

Letters to the Editor
Idealism isn’t for everyone. But these ideals could be.

David Ignatius
A deeply ominous week for the spy agencies

Editorial Board
Trump needs to explain his national security firings
 

IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)
9. You are correct. Coverage is next to NOTHING in mainstream corp news media
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:24 PM
Apr 2025

Just look at front pages of US newspapers

Minimal coverage.
Below the ‘fold’ maybe.

Or no covering at all

Look at today’s front pages …..
https://www.frontpages.com/us-newspapers/

 

Tickle

(4,131 posts)
10. Sad, I've seen very little
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:27 PM
Apr 2025

I had to work a double yesterday, I kept checking the news but didn't find much of anything until I signed on here

jrthin

(5,214 posts)
14. I'm surprised anyone is still subscribed to Wash. Post. especially
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:37 PM
Apr 2025

since Bezos has made his intentions clear as to how he expects his employees ( I won't call them writers or reporters) to cover the news. No, I'm not surprised as to how these oligarch newspapers covered the protests yesterday. Had they covered it otherwise, I'd be in shock.

Martin68

(26,884 posts)
45. I subscribe to both. They have had extensive anti-Trump and anti-Musk coverage.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:53 PM
Apr 2025

They also have given more prominent space to some conservatives, but they are in the distinct minority.

Ms. Toad

(38,062 posts)
21. It's on the front page of the NYT -
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:07 PM
Apr 2025

The actual front page, not just a footnote at the bottom of the front page (like the Washington Post)

SocialDemocrat61

(6,607 posts)
26. There's only one pic on the front page
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:21 PM
Apr 2025

below the fold. The article is on page 19, deep inside the paper.

Ms. Toad

(38,062 posts)
38. Gotcha. A large picture below the fold is worse coverage than a small picture in the footer.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:36 PM
Apr 2025

I was responding to someone who said they really had to search for the NYTimes coverage, as opposed to the post, which was at least on the front page.

Both were on the front page, and NYT was more prominent.

I made no comment on whether the coverage was adequate - merely that the NYTimes was on the front page, as opposed to the note in the footer in the Post.

SocialDemocrat61

(6,607 posts)
16. Here's the front pages of the NYT & Wash Post
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:45 PM
Apr 2025

Don’t see any major coverage of the protests in either

bif

(26,568 posts)
19. So the headline: "A Day of Protests"
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:00 PM
Apr 2025

and a photograph of the protesters doesn't count? I get it.

 

IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)
24. ? There is NO such "headline" at NYTIMES
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:11 PM
Apr 2025

?

There is no such headline! Period.

A tiny photo, with a tiny tiny font few words IS NOT A HEADLINE

I had to try really hard to even find that so-called “Headline” you mentioned.
It’s really a photo caption, in no way would it ever be considered a “headline”

——-
DEFINITION
Photo captions, also known as cutlines, are a few lines of text used to explain and elaborate on published photographs. In some cases captions and cutlines are distinguished, where the caption is a short title/explanation for the photo, while the cutline is a longer, prose block under the caption, generally describing the photograph, giving context, or relating it to the article

marybourg

(13,587 posts)
49. No, not on the, print edition, where it is obvious
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 03:36 PM
Apr 2025

to anybody who can read where the story is.

 

IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)
22. Essentially NOTHING.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:07 PM
Apr 2025

Essentially NOTHING.

Minimal coverage.
Almost completely hidden at very very bottom for WPost

NYTIMES is merely a photo, that’s below the fold,
And that ‘protest’ photo is hidden by the other 4 LARGE PHOTOS at the top headline area

So it’s correct to say there is almost NO COVERAGE AT ALL.
It’s the typical BS ‘coverage minimum’ so they can say ‘we covered it’




yardwork

(68,835 posts)
29. WaPo has this and it was the lead article for a while.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:33 PM
Apr 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-trump-washington/

Mass protests across the U.S. signal opposition to Trump, Musk


Demonstrators in D.C. and other cities decried the administration’s dismantling of federal agencies and imposition of sweeping tariffs.
Yesterday at 2:04 p.m. ET

lark

(25,823 posts)
58. I am glad to see this. It wasn't there when I checked Sunday am.
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 08:37 AM
Apr 2025


Why did they remove the picture and but it below the fold later?

Snark Twain

(104 posts)
32. WP treachery
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:41 PM
Apr 2025

happened way back in october before the election when Bezos forced the editorial board not to endorse Kamala. They lost 250K subscribers so what are you waiting for

Chalco

(1,433 posts)
33. Just sent letter to Editor at Washington Post
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 01:42 PM
Apr 2025

Address: letters@washpost.com

Would you mind telling me why you are not covering the massive protests across
the country yesterday? Are you out of touch with reality? Are you not the free press
anymore?

pnwmom

(110,171 posts)
34. Did you miss this?
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:06 PM
Apr 2025
They came out in defense of national parks and small businesses, public education and health care for veterans, abortion rights and fair elections. They marched against tariffs and oligarchs, dark money and fascism, the deportation of legal immigrants and the Department of Government Efficiency.

Demonstrators had no shortage of causes as they gathered in towns and cities across the country on Saturday to protest President Trump’s agenda. Rallies were planned in all 50 states, and images posted on social media showed dense crowds in places as diverse as St. Augustine, Fla.; Salt Lake City and rainy Frankfort, Ky.

“Pouring rain, 43 degrees, biting wind, and people are still here in Albany in the thousands,” said Ron Marz, a comic book writer who posted a photo of the crowd at the New York State Capitol on X.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/anti-trump-protests-hands-off.html?searchResultPosition=2

lark

(25,823 posts)
57. Guess I was being overdraamatic.
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 08:33 AM
Apr 2025

They addressed it but not in bold and no pix on the front page and it wasn't even mentioned until below the fold. Still was pitiful and totally insufficient to this wonderful day!

Wiz Imp

(8,561 posts)
35. I would argue local news coverage is more important
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:10 PM
Apr 2025

More people watch local news programs than the network news.

And I can say here in South Central PA, it was the top story on all the local news channels yesterday at 6:00 pm AND 11:00 pm and even in this morning's newscasts. And they spent a considerable amount of time on it as well. I was pleasantly surprised that they gave it as much attention as they did.

Martin68

(26,884 posts)
41. Actually, they totally are not ignoring the protests. Where do you get your information about these newspapers?
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:48 PM
Apr 2025

No paywall for the Post:
https://wapo.st/4i12zgc

Mass protests across the U.S. signal opposition to Trump, Musk
April 5, 2025 at 2:04 p.m. EDT


No paywall for the Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/trump-protests-hands-off-saturday.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k4.nHKm.060OQPxknjd4&smid=url-share

POLITICS
Anti-Trump Protests Try to Reach the Newly Alarmed
The rallies on Saturday are being held all over the country and emphasize cuts to health care, Social Security and education.
By Katie Benner

Wicked Blue

(8,407 posts)
42. Did anyone see what NBC did with the story? Horrifying.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 02:50 PM
Apr 2025

When I clicked the news headline to go to the story yesterday, it was preceded by a video clip depicting wildly burning teslas on a different day.



The implication was that whoever set fire to the vehicles was connected to the April 5 protests. In other words, NBC is trying to paint us all as arsonists.



And I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some of the car arson was done by MAGAs. Typical Nazi tactic to try and frame the opposition.

lark

(25,823 posts)
56. I looked at both papers yesterday and while I was being a bit overdramatic, what I said was basically true.
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 08:27 AM
Apr 2025

ZERO pictures on the front page and the only mentions on the front page are a very small blurb below the fold!

Hope22

(4,405 posts)
52. MSM has spread the word about the anti T / E rallies for days.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 04:50 PM
Apr 2025

It was billed as an Anti Trump event by them. They set the tone when in fact it was the urgency of the Constitution and pillaging of citizens private information that woke the people up. The signs at our rally had very little mention of T or E! Next rally is the 19th I believe. We need a clearer message. Our local paper had zero acknowledgement of a rally that brought over 550 people. The largest group we have ever seen. The paper is owned by Gannett.

Sibelius Fan

(24,783 posts)
53. But where's the balance? Four MAGATs met outside my local bar to complain
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 05:04 PM
Apr 2025

that the MSM was not covering how Obama allowed 911 to happen!! Why aren’t they getting 24/7 coverage?

Cha

(316,286 posts)
55. The NYT did it in Feb 2003 When there were Massive Protests
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 10:10 PM
Apr 2025

in The World Says NO to War Rallies across the World.

I was three and couldn't wait to see what was on the Front page right in their City@

Fuckers Wanted WAR

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