As we told you yesterday, another round of media layoffs took place, this time at the Los Angeles Times, and one of their reporters has been offended by the use of the term "learn to code."
Recent media layoffs aren't exclusive to the L.A. Times, either:
This announcement was the latest in a similar trend among many left-wing media outlets, across many genres, including Vice Media, The Washington Post, and Sports Illustrated, which actually laid off its ENTIRE staff.
The term "learn to code" came about after Democrats years ago (most notably Hillary Clinton, who, in possibly the dumbest political move of all time, went to coal country in a swing state and promised to put miners out of work) expressed a desire to end the coal industry. As for those workers' jobs, the Left said they could be retrained to be programmers, or "learn to code."
Former CNN reporter Chris Cillizza expressed disappointment that the term is now being used about laid-off reporters:
Will never get people who celebrate when other humans -- with families, mortgages, medical bills etc -- lose their jobs https://t.co/uAsqPbnUEx
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 24, 2024
After being reminded that "learn to code" can go both ways, Cillizza denied that the media or Biden ever said any such thing.
The Community Note that's attached to this is brutal:
It just didn't happen.
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 24, 2024
And, again, no journalist said "learn to code." And neither did Biden. https://t.co/Tkd6lpvEnt
First of all, yes, Joe Biden did use a variation of "learn to code":
“Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program for God’s sake!”pic.twitter.com/kTYS5Wm4S3
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) January 24, 2024
It's literally on video you nitwit.https://t.co/dwYwNeOo81
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) January 24, 2024
Common win for community notes. https://t.co/gykclaw01C
— Sara Higdon (@SaraHigdon_) January 24, 2024
As for the media...
*cough https://t.co/NnXPUQ99Ml pic.twitter.com/HlYq16E4Xs
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) January 24, 2024
Cillizza later admitted Biden said something like "learn to code," but he doubled down in defense of the media (so this deserves yet another Community Note):
They didn't though. At all. Biden said it (and he didn't even say "learn to code."
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 24, 2024
Like, facts matter. https://t.co/nXtTKXBZ1Y
If the argument that Biden never said "learn to code" because he said "learn to program" instead, this might be the hackiest of hackery from a "reporter" who once said journalists never root for a side.
So, Joe Biden said this in 2019: "Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well."
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 24, 2024
NO reporter has ever said it. Or suggested it.
But sure. https://t.co/SCzDkOB8rS
The refusal to just take the "L" on this is amazing.
Wired: https://t.co/vN38Q7Ciaj
— AmishDude (@TheAmishDude) January 24, 2024
NPR: https://t.co/oaVDAvCwVQ
PBS: https://t.co/jf3ibkRVFD
CNN : https://t.co/8OiumsrbcB
Forbes: https://t.co/QdRZQxPu1u
CBS: https://t.co/gffBRQ5hlY
And that was before Biden in 2019.
Wanna rethink your statement?
Oh really pic.twitter.com/Q6hn9MklRO
— Richard Intruder (@RichardIntruder) January 24, 2024
*cough https://t.co/NnXPUQ99Ml pic.twitter.com/HlYq16E4Xs
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) January 24, 2024
Do you ever tire of getting owned? https://t.co/esYKKKsfPo
— Matthew D. Dempster (@dempstermd) January 24, 2024
Apparently not.
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