The New York Times asks why the age issue hurts Biden the most as he relentlessly attacks the president’s age.
The New York Times headlined this:
Gosh. It’s a total mystery. pic.twitter.com/AJkWmyxKBE
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 10, 2024
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Hell, I don’t know. Why might the age issue hurt Biden more than Trump?
Is The New York Times Attacking Biden’s Age?
The answer is yes. The New York Times has relentlessly attacked Biden because he is old.
Here is a collection of recent headlines from the New York Times:
Absolutely disgraceful. The New York Times has made it abundantly clear that she will aim to do to Biden what they did to Hillary in 2016.
There’s also the irony of them running around with the same old out of touch voices for all these hit songs…just zero self awareness. pic.twitter.com/KVRtzHHaVh
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) February 10, 2024
The top four stories on the New York Times website are negative stories about Biden’s health, age and memory. The only story that mentions Trump also takes aim at Biden.
Apparently, the Times, like much of our media, learned nothing from the media debacle of 2016. pic.twitter.com/PFaHQMBbpM
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 10, 2024
The biases of the New York Times are so exaggerated that it is impossible not to notice. The elitist New York Times loves the elitist Donald Trump for a variety of reasons. Trump’s elevation of the Times by criticizing him increased subscriber revenue. At a time when most publications, including this one, are struggling for survival, The New York Times has advertised that it has surpassed $1 billion in revenue from subscribers.
The New York Times misses the special treatment it received from Trump. The former president would call reporters and give them off-the-record scoops. Trump’s cozy relationship with corporate media journalists is why so many of them from the New York Times and the Washington Post snared themselves at Mar-a-Lago to write books about the former president.
The New York Times is Trump Access journalism
One of the reasons viewers complain so much about NBC’s Meet The Press is that the show is an example of accessible journalism. Journalists and media outlets that value access to powerful people over facts will go easy on those powerful individuals because they have access to them. Chuck Todd admitted that Meet The Press didn’t consider it their job to prosecute Republican lies.
This is access journalism.
An example of the type of accessible journalism favored by the Times is Jonathan Swan. In 2018, the Times wrote of Swan: “His rise has come with accusations of intimacy: that he prefers access to responsibility; that irritates the White House, but rarely infuriates it.
The New York Times currently employs Jonathan Swan as one of its top political reporters.
Another top political reporter is Maggie Haberman, who Trump and his associates call “friendly.”
The NYT wants Biden gone because the Biden administration won’t give them or the Washington Post access. The Times wants its best guy back, so it’s attacking President Biden’s age to ruin his reelection campaign.
Every dollar spent at the New York Times helps Donald Trump
The reality is that every dollar a Biden supporter or pro-democracy supporter gives to the New York Times is paying for these attacks on the president that only help Donald Trump.
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By attacking Biden’s age, the New York Times is abandoning journalism and putting democracy last by helping Donald Trump. This type of coverage is their choice, but you can also choose not to fund it.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a member of the White House press pool and a congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor’s degree in political science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
Awards and professional memberships
Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Political Science Association