Ever since the election, individual reporters have let slip how important it is for the media to start producing some solid “adversarial journalism” again, and Christiane Amanpour tweeted how it was more important than ever for her colleagues to “commit to real reporting.”
The New York Times certainly wasn’t going to be left out of that trend, and columnist Nicholas Kristof said goodbye to 2016 with an entreaty to journalists to be resolve to be less like lap dogs in the coming year and more like watch dogs.
The media should be infused with a renewed sense of mission, writes @NickKristof https://t.co/2X2vUGEKGz pic.twitter.com/LOqHQSSjAB
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/lukysuka/status/815327091881148416
.@nytopinion .@NickKristof You should all be very strong and rested after your 8-year vacation
— Susan Bell (@susiecoyote) December 31, 2016
So you admit you've been asleep for 8 years. MT @nytopinion The media should be infused with a renewed sense of mission, writes @NickKristof
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) December 31, 2016
Funny how this renewed sense of mission only happens when power transfers after an election.
— Daniel (@ddwalk34) December 31, 2016
conveniently coinciding with an incoming Republican admin.
— PoliticalNumbness (@polnumbness) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/DesScorp/status/815316835927281666
Wow! Weird how media cyclicly decides to go from "lap dogs" to "watch dogs" when GOP wins@nytopinion @NickKristof https://t.co/xrKsHSZgns
— Simon Templar (@SimonTemplarPV) December 31, 2016
Lap dogs? You were ventriloquist dummies for the Democrat party.
— Todd Cohen (@molonosoff) December 31, 2016
Seriously? So after being Obama's lap dog for 8 years you now actually want to do your job? This right here is why people hate you guys.
— Tom Selleck's GLOURIOUS Mustache (@EL001) December 31, 2016
can anyone at NYT explain why now or is it just a mystery? #ThisIsWhyTrumpWon
— Andrews Dad (@Andrew_Dad) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/815311651146780672
Like you can just magically create credibility after 8 years of non-stop ass kissing? @NickKristof
— eric (@ericbramp) December 31, 2016
media got exposed as advocates in 2016. Journalism is dead. A "sense of mission" won't win back public trust.
— Rufus (@Runjinrun) December 31, 2016
the thing about reputation and respectability – once it's gone it's gone. We see you for who you are now.
— PoliticalNumbness (@polnumbness) December 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/JorElishere/status/815339022792785920
.@nytopinion @NickKristof Trying harder is just an excuse. Do your damned job. Stop back patting each other.
— Howard Schamest (@HowardSchamest) December 31, 2016
Time to blow 8 yrs of dust off those homelessness and hardships of working poor stories. To the greivance-mobile!
— Frank Altschuler (@Tuneburg) December 31, 2016
And should the whole “watch dog” gig not work out …
or, you can be Hillary's therapy dogs.
— MichelleLeigh (@BlueRose511) December 31, 2016
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Nicholas Kristof clinging to 'much happier universe' where Al Gore was president http://t.co/5QgYyKytCu
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 28, 2015
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