NYT Gets Flamed for ‘Cowardly’ Jan. 6 Headlines

Just two days after the Associated Press got roasted for its headline about “two interpretations” of Jan. 6 from Trump and Biden, The New York Times is taking the heat on Twitter Saturday for similar headlines on the anniversary of Jan. 6.

With the headline “Clashing Over Jan. 6, Trump and Biden Show Reality Is at Stake in 2024,” the Times prompted critics like Mark Jacob, an ex-editor at The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times to take to Twitter expressing their disappointment. “The New York Times must have a policy to produce “safe,” generic headlines about the fascist Republican menace. My short thread 6 days ago took note of it,” Jacob tweeted.

In a December 30 thread, Jacob pointed out Times headlines that he said were “incompetent” and favored or played to the right wing. “The New York Times writes fact-based stories and then undersells them with vague, cowardly headlines. It’s not an accident. It’s a marketing decision to go soft when the facts look bad for Team Trump. NYT doesn’t want to anger the right wing,” he tweeted at the start of the thread.

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