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NYT Makes a Mockery of Truth - The Cotton Affair⎜The Dennis Prager Radio Show

6 Jun 2020 · 1 min

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In a brief exchange on the Dennis Prager Radio Show, the hosts examine a New York Times headline and subhead that claim Senator Tom Cotton’s op‑ed did not meet the paper’s standards and that the editing process was rushed. The speakers argue that the Times’ description—that Cotton called for the federal government to send the military to suppress protests against police violence—is a false representation. They assert the essay was solely about suppressing violence, not suppressing protests, and label the newspaper’s language as a 100 % lie. The segment highlights the perceived media distortion and the hosts’ frustration with what they see as a deliberate mischaracterization.

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So here's the headline, and then I want to read to you the first sentence. New York Times. This is the New York Times headline. New York Times says Senator's op-ed did not meet standards. The subtitle, or the subhead, after a staff uproar, the Times says the editing process was rushed. Senator Tom Cotton's Send in the Troops essay is now under review. I don't even know what does that mean, it's under review, it's an opinion piece.
Now listen to the first, listen to the first paragraph, which is a sentence.
Executives at the New York Times scrambled on Thursday, that's yesterday, to address the concerns of employees and readers who were angered by the newspaper's publication of an opinion essay by a United States senator calling for the federal government to send the military to suppress protests against police violence in American cities. That's a lie. It's pure, 100% lie.
The article never, ever hinted at calling for the federal government to suppress protests. It was entirely to suppress violence. There's a big difference. It's a lie. They don't even know when they lie.
That's the amazing thing.