cheezsteak
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6 years ago
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on: Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview with Noam Chomsky
That doesn't mean NYT and WaPo are far-right. Just that they will regularly publish far-right opinions (eg Bret Stephens) and rarely, if ever, far-left opinions. The bulk of both papers content is dead center but by constantly using far-right opinion to contrast their own opinions against, NYT and WaPo establish themselves as the left-wing of "acceptable discourse".
cheezsteak
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6 years ago
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on: Turkey has begun attacking Syria
New York Times is deliberately avoiding mentioning the Kurds by name but that's the typical New York Times MO. The NYT's foreign policy position has always been low-key pro-imperialist. They'll never flat out explain that the US will never do anything to protect Rojava from Turkey because Turkey is a more valuable strategic ally.
Maybe in 5-10 years they'll leverage guilt of our inaction in Rojava to justify invading some other country.
