As Twitchy reported earlier, the New York Times editorial board took the unprecedented step Wednesday of tweeting the phone numbers of key senators and telling readers to call and encourage them to oppose the GOP’s tax bill. This was just one of several tweets:
Any temporary tax cuts for the middle class would be more than offset by the higher cost of health insurance — a good reason to vote against the tax bill. https://t.co/oSSXZ7H1H3 Tell your senators today: https://t.co/0AtZRQGvM5 #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/jqjW6cFbuJ
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
I get the difference between opinion and editorial, but it's still quite jarring to see a New York Times account tweeting like a Democratic Party organization https://t.co/uQ2sNiVgzy
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) November 29, 2017
Pretty remarkable move by the NYT editorial board to go into all out campaign mode… https://t.co/IpraGbNeuv
— Shawn Donnan (@sdonnan) November 29, 2017
As David Harsanyi wrote at The Federalist, the Times editorial board “was indistinguishable from any of the well-funded partisan groups it whines about in editorials all the time.”
However, the Times’ Vikas Bajaj insisted the newspaper’s editorial board was just doing what it always does: advocating for a policy it agreed with.
It is the job of editorial writers & editorial boards to advocate for policies we agree with and against proposals we don't. That's what we were doing on @nytopinion today.
— Vikas Bajaj (@vikasbajaj) November 29, 2017
Interesting take.🤔 https://t.co/fTVAboWpYF
— George Wept (@GeorgeWept) November 29, 2017
Uh huh.
Sell that. https://t.co/boh26hxrdl— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 29, 2017
Where I work, the job of editorial writers is to write editorials. https://t.co/wVVgSjiwl9
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) November 29, 2017
Imagine that.
No that's not a job of editorial writers but good to know you're admitting you're simply Dem activists acting as propaganda arm of DNC https://t.co/nzljcm2PaG
— Dougs Slaughterhouse (@notthefakeDH) November 29, 2017
Ahh so you're just a political arm of the DNC talking points https://t.co/jO3kPr8BEs
— Mujahed Kobbe (@Moj_kobe) November 29, 2017
NYT crossed the rubicon today.
It finally openly does what those to the right-of-center have known all along: advocate for leftist policies.
There’s no “we’re not biased” BS anymore. https://t.co/GIOUEfcBSd
— Ranjit Singh (@AuthorSingh) November 29, 2017
Journalism is dying, example no. 576,278 https://t.co/iNdA5FuSkp
— Molly (@commondecencyyo) November 29, 2017
Who are you kidding? You're an arm of the @DNC and everybody knows it. Just embrace it. https://t.co/xirvY1739q
— EP (@JonnybeHood) November 29, 2017
No, that wasn't what you did today you hack.
That wasn't advocacy, it was activism.
If only there were some curriculum you could all go through that would teach you journalistic ethics and the actual meaning of words. https://t.co/Kj5S9WILwL
— 1/32nd Dusty (@dustopian) November 29, 2017
yet you advocate shutting down others who want to do the same. https://t.co/RKWqqqoTvm
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) November 29, 2017
Remember: Editorial boards including NYTimes advocated for McCain-Feingold which limits how much parties and candidates can engage in this type of speech https://t.co/POGPUJQNH2
— Mike Shields (@mshields007) November 29, 2017
Not registered as a PAC.
This should be illegal if it already isn't. https://t.co/dwb9DKjJSC
— Kevin Chappell (@thurisaz17) November 29, 2017
Will they register as lobbyists now? https://t.co/QlazfSjYFs
— Rhonda Bentz (@RhondaBentz) November 29, 2017
File with the FEC and quit pretending to be a newspaper. https://t.co/D4xgolwN7o
— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) November 29, 2017
So, you are a political organization. Got it. https://t.co/5RXPLPjtY6
— John Danneskjold (@JohnDanneskjold) November 29, 2017
Is door knocking next? Robo-calls? https://t.co/PDSzVIxH3D
— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) November 29, 2017
You're in the middle of a full-court press against the tax plan and all it does is prove how hopelessly biased you asshole leftists at the NYT really are.
Thank you for letting everyone in the country know that you're nothing but a DNC propaganda machine. https://t.co/xStZfOtgRK
— Evocatus Rex (@NoSlackDelta) November 29, 2017
This did not go over well w/ any "mainstream" journalist I spoke w/ today when it came up. => https://t.co/4GmhEPOa0C
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) November 29, 2017
This unified GOPers more than anything today, but it made your paper into a full blown partisan outlet today. Congrats. https://t.co/Y3uQ8aVSus
— Ken Spain (@Ken_Spain) November 29, 2017
Congratulations!
You now have the credibility of the @NYDailyNews! https://t.co/9WQkgPIW4W
— Heimish Conservative (@HeimishCon) November 29, 2017
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