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The Mercury News Post, The Law of Holes, the Legacy Media, and the Fight for White House Access

Claiming the First Amendment while feeding the algorithm doorway-grade content. The first rule of holes is simple: when you find…

1 day ago

Embarrassing! NYT & Legacy Media Attempting to Defend Journalism, Embarrass Selves: Ironic, Recursive, or Moronic? All Three

Prior to audit this New York Times social media post we asked: Is this NYT Piece Tabloid Journalism a Better Match?…

3 days ago

NYT News Analysis — “As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify.” – “Analysis”- is not a hall pass

Why “Analysis” on the Facebook card makes it worse, not better: If 80–90% of encounters stop at the card, the…

2 weeks ago

NYT “California’s Governor Signs Landmark Online Child Safety Bills,” package fails First Look. Borderline ERCP

Over 54% US adults now get their news from social media, In fact, social media has officially surpassed television as…

2 weeks ago

NYT: Facing Islamophobia, Mamdani Keeps Focus on the 9/11 Victims. Clickbait, Deceit or Routing?

Since most people will only look at the card, it begs the question: Is the New York Time Facebook Card…

2 weeks ago

NYT Card on Natalie Harp is an example of ERCP: Prompts Release of WWS 1.1

The screenshot below is not a faithful miniature of the story.  Most people will only read the  unfaithful abstract.  What’s missing…

2 weeks ago

NYT: Attorneys Vs Editors in Pennsylvania Measels Deaths Piece

The New York Times piece by Mandavilli on Measles deaths in Pennsylvania was ran through the Watchtower Working Standard.  Below are…

2 weeks ago

NYT OpEd: A New World is Coming We Aren’t Ready – Ironic, Institutionally Hypocritical and Tone-deaf

The New York Times runs an Oped about honesty while being dishonest.  The nytimes.com piece "Trump's War on Mail-In Ballots…

3 weeks ago

How Many NYT Journalists Does It Take To Write a Piece on ICE That Reads Like Cheap Tabloid?

Watchtower Framework for Tabloid Journalism The Times card does the tabloid job the framework was written to catch: it turns…

3 weeks ago

NYT: Postal Service is Building Ballot Screening System Despite Ongoing Court Fight -Tabloid Journalism Is What NYT Does

NYT's Postal Service is Building Ballot Screening System Despite Ongoing Court Fight - The same NYT's prior mockery of tabloid…

3 weeks ago

NYT Tabloid Journalism: “On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot: In Dissent”

Watchtower audit of the NYT social card + article (“On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot:…

3 weeks ago

New York Times’ David Pierson Analysis Is a Calendar of Meetings, Not a Verified Map of Global Power.

The piece in question is a same-day New York Times news analysis by David Pierson (Hong Kong), published Sept. 1,…

3 weeks ago

New York Times You Gotta Change Your Evil Ways

As Dolly Parton might say: The New York Times goes through a great expense to make its product read like…

3 weeks ago

Measles by New York Times Weasels: Fails Scientific Scrutiny

While the news article is not a scientific publication (paper, preprint, methods paper, or institutional surveillance report), we run it through…

4 weeks ago

NYT: “Hegseth Blocks Promotions of Four Army Officers as Purge Widens.” – Cheap Tabloid Journalism

"To Make it Read Like Cheap Tabloid Journalism is Expensive" - Dolly Parton The NYT social card for the Aug.…

4 weeks ago