The End of Political Cartoons at The New York Times

Re:The End of Political Cartoons at The New York Times by jdoliner on Monday June 10, 2019 @05:34PM (#20151103)

This is how I see it too, things like the Covington kids create a backlash against the newsrooms that promulgate them. And NYT gave them too perfect of an opportunity when they published a remake of a Nazi propaganda comic that could easily be portrayed as antisemitic.

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Re:The End of Political Cartoons at The New York Times by eanzenberg on Monday June 10, 2019 @05:39PM (#20151154)

Correctness literally doesn't matter in the realm of politics. Only, who is the loudest and most persuasive.

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Re:The End of Political Cartoons at The New York Times by kodz4 on Monday June 10, 2019 @05:56PM (#20151275)

More like a bias towards people with the most energy.

There are lots of loud and persuasive people around, but to stay relevant, social/news media selects for the ones that are tireless in performing their routines with robotic efficiency day in day out.

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Re:The End of Political Cartoons at The New York Times by anomaloops on Monday June 10, 2019 @06:06PM (#20151359)

As an aside, is there a latin-based term for this kind of authoritative persuasion? I want to say it's ochlocracy, but generally it's not just any kind of mob I'm thinking of, but the mob that is the loudest. Rule by the loudest voices. A magnaocracy? (not to be confused with the fantastical magocracy)

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Re:The End of Political Cartoons at The New York Times by nerfhammer on Monday June 10, 2019 @06:12PM (#20151391)

(-cracy words are Greek anyway)

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