Bias? What bias? The New York Times wouldn’t know anything about that. They’re just doing God’s work, you know:
This morning, the Times editorial board is tweeting here to urge the Senate to reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class & the nation's fiscal health. #thetaxbillhurts
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Here’s what they’ve been up to today:
"Senator Susan Collins of Maine has correctly noted that any temporary tax cuts for the middle class would be more than offset by the higher cost of health insurance — a good reason for her to vote against the bill." https://t.co/bHYJcMTMjU pic.twitter.com/NgfvgnOypL
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Call Kansas Senator @JerryMoran at (202) 224-6521 and remind him that the Senate tax bill would add more than $1.4 trillion to the deficit over 10 years without helping the middle class. #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/2UNbX9LUQE
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Contact @SenJohnMcCain and @JeffFlake, particularly if you live in Arizona, and tell them to oppose the tax bill: It would add more than $1.4 trillion to the deficit over 10 years without helping the middle class. #thetaxbillhurts
Flake: (202) 224-4521
McCain: (202) 224-2235 pic.twitter.com/PvXI1b3Xd4— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Contact @LisaMurkowski, (202) 224-6665, particularly if you live in Alaska, to say she should oppose the Senate tax bill because it would drive up the cost of health insurance by repealing Obamacare's individual mandate. #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/vL9y3zAaF6
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
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
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
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The Editorial Board is urging @SenBobCorker to vote against the Senate tax bill because it would increase the federal deficit by more than $1.4 trillion. He’s said he would vote against the bill if it added “one penny to the deficit.” Contact him and tell him #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/JamVGLnvVO
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Well, gosh.
?????? https://t.co/5NEGalgN3g
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/935919964208484352
Wait really? https://t.co/Kju4f1syew
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) November 29, 2017
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) November 29, 2017
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) November 29, 2017
What is happening here? pic.twitter.com/lH8xblPvMx
— Sarah Quinlan (@sarahmquinlan) November 29, 2017
Something smells awfully rotten about this, New York Times …
When did the Times opinion page become an issue advocacy organization? https://t.co/oRMttZjeKL
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) November 29, 2017
Remember when journalists were offended when conservatives compared media to a Super PAC? https://t.co/gWwNABIuOk
— BT (@back_ttys) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/rural_outlook/status/935920740376903680
"The NYT Editorial Board is temporarily taking over this acct. to urge the Senate to reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class and the nation's fiscal health" — this seems like some pretty serious line-blurring. https://t.co/421jBqgWAQ
— Niv Elis (@NivElis) November 29, 2017
I know this is the opinion section, but this is actively damaging to the idea of a non-partisan press https://t.co/yAMWes5u2b
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/935915388109541376
Also this text and graphic is not in the piece. It's the NYT itself pushing this. https://t.co/q3FWXutJUu
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) November 29, 2017
They aren’t even linking to an opinion piece! Just a cold CTA to oppose tax reform from the NYT. Unreal https://t.co/w2UiFCGe5E
— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) November 29, 2017
This raises an important question:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/935921134809305089
Yes, please.
This is not journalism pic.twitter.com/z1Qu8Ul5Hk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 29, 2017
No. It most certainly isn’t.
huh. This doesn't look like journalism to me https://t.co/ER1VTAEstT
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) November 29, 2017
That’s because it’s straight-up political activism.
Direct political activism. Also, NYT never tweeted Dems' phone numbers asking readers to phone Congress to oppose Obamacare, which dramatically drove up the cost of health insurance. https://t.co/6Oa7tnZ1M7
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 29, 2017
Does this mean the Times is coming out as being an activist organization rather than a news outlet? https://t.co/26CMucYDtF
— It's Only Words (@itsonlywords) November 29, 2017
I get opinion journalism, but advocacy is different
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) November 29, 2017
This isn't commentary, it's political organizing. The kind of thing you see from actual Dem activists on social media. https://t.co/Z7HmXLMStF
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/michi83/status/935934296493363200
https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/935920241284141057
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/935919250837065734
https://twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/935922425304436737
Dear @nytimes: Make sure you register your new SuperPAC here: https://t.co/hRNhpqYFOI https://t.co/3cNqywi0lP
— Brittany Hughes (@RealBrittHughes) November 29, 2017
Opposition party pic.twitter.com/iP7rKQfm3k
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/935923637391159296
This is an independent expenditure.
But yes, give your money to the NY Times so they can spend it on behalf of the Democratic Party. https://t.co/YPrwmzgTpE
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) November 29, 2017
If you're in Maine, you should be filing a complaint with the FEC right now. Not sure what the result would be, but I want them to explicitly say this is not an illegal corporate expenditure against Senator Collins. https://t.co/YPrwmzgTpE
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/935923251615883264
https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/935921057105633280
https://twitter.com/LDoren/status/935921390850596865
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/935919615473053696
Well, if nothing else, they’ve laid to rest any remaining doubt about their motivations.
God Bless Citizens United. https://t.co/EsLxyCQuqg
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 29, 2017
The New York Times sure likes Citizens United when it’s convenient for them.
https://twitter.com/MrJoshPerry/status/935926516411756544
The NewYorkTimes, a for-profit corporation, opposes equal free speech for other for-profits (Koch), non-profits (NRA), & groups of private citizens. Despite a lower circulation than NRA has members, NYT believes it deserves more free speech.
NYT: Free speech for me-Not for thee. https://t.co/XYQ6XecNzI
— J.P. Freire (@JPFreire) November 29, 2017
Here is an example of the NYT editorial board ripping the "torrent of money that has flooded elections" https://t.co/dMfcLwKu24
Here's a columnist claiming American democracy is drowning in cash, citing European critics saying its "legalized corruption." https://t.co/4R37cYRYJI https://t.co/y9hzFoWecB
— J.P. Freire (@JPFreire) November 29, 2017
If a politician–or a judge–were to suggest limiting the amount of money the Times spent on production of content, the Times would rightly condemn it as anti-free speech. Yet the Times advocates doing just that for others who want to speak out as freely as they do.
— J.P. Freire (@JPFreire) November 29, 2017
Every citizen, every group of citizens, no matter their affiliation, should have equal right to political speech as that championed by the New York Times. So while @nytopinion deploys its right to advocate on a tax issue, it should not oppose others' rights to do so.
— J.P. Freire (@JPFreire) November 29, 2017
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