As a frequent critic of the New York Times, and with that principle in mind, I want to spend some time here on how the New York Times handled Donald Trump’s blatant racism, which was on such hideous display last week.
You probably heard about it or saw the disgusting images that the president of the United States shared on his Truth Social platform: Former president Obama and his wife Michelle Obama depicted as apes, and sent around to his millions of followers.
The Times was fast and direct in how its story was reported and displayed. Reporters Erica Green, Isabella Kwai and Zolan Kanno-Youngs wrote a strong story and the Times put it at the top of their website and mobile app. The next day it led the print edition, with this headline: “Trump Posts, Then Erases, Racist Video of Obamas.”
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