The New York Times Activated My Desire For Revenge
The New York Times once again proved why Americans have largely demoted elite media.
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Like most everyone else in the nation, I have been following the drama-filled campaign of Democratic candidate Graham Platner. Everyone calls him the Nazi-tattooed Senate hopeful from Maine. He’s a champagne socialist who pretends to be one of the “working-class” because he runs an oyster farm and once worked as a bartender, when in reality he had a pretty posh upbringing.
And while all of these things are unsettling to some degree, unfortunately, in our political climate, lying about your background doesn’t really move the needle that much with voters. All the negative coverage in the world isn’t going to stop some from voting for him.
Still, when I heard on Thursday that a major story was going to break from the New York Times about the secret life of Platner, I was waiting with bated breath to find out what new horrors would be unveiled. But as the story captured the political world’s attention, I couldn’t help but be enraged.
The New York Times, which once labeled my column “far-right,” published allegations from a former girlfriend of Platner’s detailing years of abuse. But instead of doing the story any justice, they sanitized it. They added hedged phrases like “nobody could corroborate,” despite the woman providing detailed diary entries and witnesses who backed up her statements.
There was way less evidence in the public hanging of Supreme Court Justice Bret Kavanaugh, which the New York Times willingly participated in. But of course, those of us on the right know why the Times did what they did to this story. Platner, despite all of his serious character flaws, is one of them. Kavanaugh is not.
The New York Times once again proved why Americans have largely demoted elite media: they simply aren’t trustworthy.
And while that was upsetting, there was something deeper irritating my soul.