{"id":13115,"date":"2019-08-25T12:58:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T16:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=13115"},"modified":"2019-08-25T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T17:02:14","slug":"bias-has-killed-the-gray-lady-and-dean-baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/bias-has-killed-the-gray-lady-and-dean-baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bias has killed the \u2018Gray Lady\u2019 \u2014 and Dean Baquet fired the fatal shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_2019-08-25-Bias-has-killed-the-\u2018Gray-Lady\u2019-\u2014-and-Dean-Baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_2019-08-25-Bias-has-killed-the-\u2018Gray-Lady\u2019-\u2014-and-Dean-Baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot.png 927w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_2019-08-25-Bias-has-killed-the-\u2018Gray-Lady\u2019-\u2014-and-Dean-Baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_2019-08-25-Bias-has-killed-the-\u2018Gray-Lady\u2019-\u2014-and-Dean-Baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot-768x518.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>NEW YORK POST<\/strong>, by Michael Goodwin &#8212; August 24, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>While reading the transcript of a New York Times staff meeting, a  Lily Tomlin line came to mind: <strong>\u201cNo matter how cynical you get, it is  impossible to keep up.\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; <\/em>(bold emphasis added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In this case, it is also impossible not to be disheartened and furious. The transcript shows that the <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/13\/rot-of-journalism-ethics-at-new-york-times-has-turned-into-leftist-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>rot of bias at the Times<\/em><\/a><em>  is far beyond the pale and there is no hope of recovery. Yet not a  single person there declared the obvious \u2014 that the paper is \u00adbetraying  its principles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rigor in reporting and restraint in judgment once made the Gray Lady noble. Now she is dead, her homicide an inside job.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The transcript, <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2019\/08\/new-york-times-meeting-transcript.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>leaked to Slate<\/em><\/a><em>,  reveals a confederacy of ignorance and bigotry involving hundreds of  people. The ringleader is executive editor Dean Baquet, who fires the  fatal shot into the credibility of his paper.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By giving reporters and editors license to try to stop Donald Trump  from becoming president, then letting them peddle the Russia, Russia,  Russia hoax, Baquet <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/11\/the-new-york-times-modifies-its-motto-to-fit-leftist-agenda\/\"><em>helped unleash the \u00adhatred<\/em><\/a><em> that is tearing America apart. Never before has a single media institution played <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/03\/25\/the-new-york-times-owes-trump-americans-a-big-fat-apology\/\"><em>such&nbsp;a destructive role<\/em><\/a><em> in the nation\u2019s life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>View the complete article including links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/24\/bias-has-killed-the-gray-lady-and-dean-baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/24\/bias-has-killed-the-gray-lady-and-dean-baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK POST, by Michael Goodwin &#8212; August 24, 2019 Excerpt: While reading the transcript of a New York Times staff meeting, a Lily Tomlin line came to mind: \u201cNo matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/bias-has-killed-the-gray-lady-and-dean-baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13119,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13115\/revisions\/13119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}