Yesterday Sam wrote about yet another reason the media has earned every ounce of derision that gets thrown their way. This one revolved around a New York Times obituary for Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei, which looked like this:
NYT headline on Khamenei. This is real. pic.twitter.com/n0EyqFwVIr
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 1, 2026
Seriously? Somebody was close to eclipsing the Washington Post's notorious "austere religious scholar" obit for a terrorist.
It must have gone south fast for the Times, because their PR department thought they'd give everybody this reminder:
Times obituaries are news, not eulogies, and we report about lives in full, illuminating why they were significant in our judgment. We fairly and accurately include newsworthy details of each life and death, and don't treat them dishonestly to score points like you’re doing here.
— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) March 1, 2026
The Times pretending their "news" headlines about the deaths of high profile people don't do any editorializing is absolutely laughable.
This you? pic.twitter.com/17iX2GAc7q
— Amerisplain (@Amerisplain) March 2, 2026
Yep, that was them!
You called @ScottAdamsSays a racist in his "obituary" so miss me with this demonstrably false "we don't editorialize" bullshit. Y'all are nothing more than shills for the left, a de facto arm of the Dem party, & virtually indistinguishable from Pravda. #EnemyOfThePeople https://t.co/m33iLYA5kI
— CarolinaConservative3 (@1776Carolina3) March 2, 2026
This was the Times' report about Adams' death:
It is completely downplaying his real legacy. Meanwhile, the NY Times had no problem calling Scott Adams racist in his obit headline. It’s consistently a double standard. pic.twitter.com/REDsEdXNIS
— Sabina Beri Brookhart (@SabinaBrookhart) March 1, 2026
Does the Times really expect people to believe they don't tend to editorialize in their headlines (especially about conservatives)?
The New York Times got criticized for its Ayatollah headline and their communications response was to argue on X in replies.
— Erin Maguire (@Erinmaguire) March 2, 2026
Not exactly screaming institutional confidence. https://t.co/b9pE39JdwA
I'd rather Times PR just admit they're hacks, but that won't happen.
