Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ...
by chmod600 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:20PM
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To be clear, I generally accept bias. It's just the way things are.
My complaint about the NYT and many other news sources is absurd combination of a hyper-specific and rapidly-changing set of beliefs, along with brutal enforcement of those beliefs.
My challenge to you: write down your beliefs on a controverial topic (on paper). Wait 6 months and pick up the NYT. My prediction: they will be in the process of canceling someone for those same beliefs, and you will shred the piece of paper out of fear.
OK, maybe that's an exaggeration. But I wouldn't be shocked if it was too close for comfort.
My complaint about the NYT and many other news sources is absurd combination of a hyper-specific and rapidly-changing set of beliefs, along with brutal enforcement of those beliefs.
My challenge to you: write down your beliefs on a controverial topic (on paper). Wait 6 months and pick up the NYT. My prediction: they will be in the process of canceling someone for those same beliefs, and you will shred the piece of paper out of fear.
OK, maybe that's an exaggeration. But I wouldn't be shocked if it was too close for comfort.