Just because this was inevitable doesn’t make it any less revolting.
Yesterday, authorities publicly identified the suspect in Mollie Tibbetts’ murder as 24-year-old illegal immigrant Christian Rivera. Here’s how the New York Times covered it:
“Trump Seizes
on Killing of Mollie Tibbetts”
— @NYTimeshttps://t.co/IDMkH90DEw— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 22, 2018
To be fair, a lot of work went into making that headline:
— Editing TheGrayLady (@nyt_diff) August 22, 2018
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Oh.
Oh come on. https://t.co/P2gYYRHrCS
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) August 22, 2018
Good grief…
— IGOToAllNations (@IGONations) August 22, 2018
They’re really not even trying to hide it anymore.
I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say the NY Times never used "Obama Seizes" in a headline about the POTUS pushing policy in the wake of a violent crime https://t.co/7fiDhmIvfX
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 22, 2018
(I'm lying, it wasn't a shot in the dark. I did a Nexis search.) pic.twitter.com/UAoNJqCWfa
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 22, 2018
Pathetic. But that’s the New York Times.
https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1032285648017911809
No other explanation. Seriously.
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 22, 2018
Think this is funny, New York Times?
I didn’t realize Americans being murdered in cold blood was a partisan issue. The @nytimes should be ashamed of itself.
— Will Finchman (@WillFinchman) August 22, 2018
They should be. But they ran out of shame a long time ago.
Surprised their headline wasn't "Trump Seizes on Some Girl in Iowa"
— American Girl (@DCBlossomz) August 22, 2018
To be fair, that’s kind of been done already.
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