> We’re just over a month away from the presidential election and, if you ask the New York Times, the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president/Keystone kriminal Donald Trump remains “deadlocked.”
Every single polling aggregator election model is between 40/60 and 60/40 for this election. As are the various betting markets. Sounds pretty deadlocked to me…
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How has the NYT become so dogshit?
Is it really just that they like the ratings, or have they had some sort of change with their writing methods? New producers, editors, etc etc
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All hail Old Deadspin, and Drew its greatest writer
*”…Harris is winning this election right now in large part because she has* [*avoided legacy outlets*](https://www.axios.com/2024/09/19/harris-media-strategy-hide-election)*, the Times foremost among them, altogether. Her team understands that it behooves these outlets to have a close race, which means that they’ll seize on any gaffe Harris makes if it gives them a chance to falsely equivocate her remarks to those of Trump screaming, “THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS!” to kick up a racial holy war. Team Harris has no interest in helping the Times*[ *sanewash*](https://defector.com/where-racism-goes-to-become-rhetoric) *Trump more than it already has, so they’ve decided that the only way to win the game is not to play.”*
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I completely agree with his broader point that the NYT’s political coverage is [literally not worth reading](https://www.cjr.org/analysis/election-politics-front-pages.php) but the election does still appear to be very close.
> We’re just over a month away from the presidential election and, if you ask the New York Times, the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president/Keystone kriminal Donald Trump remains “deadlocked.”
Every single polling aggregator election model is between 40/60 and 60/40 for this election. As are the various betting markets. Sounds pretty deadlocked to me…
How has the NYT become so dogshit?
Is it really just that they like the ratings, or have they had some sort of change with their writing methods? New producers, editors, etc etc
All hail Old Deadspin, and Drew its greatest writer
*”…Harris is winning this election right now in large part because she has* [*avoided legacy outlets*](https://www.axios.com/2024/09/19/harris-media-strategy-hide-election)*, the Times foremost among them, altogether. Her team understands that it behooves these outlets to have a close race, which means that they’ll seize on any gaffe Harris makes if it gives them a chance to falsely equivocate her remarks to those of Trump screaming, “THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS!” to kick up a racial holy war. Team Harris has no interest in helping the Times*[ *sanewash*](https://defector.com/where-racism-goes-to-become-rhetoric) *Trump more than it already has, so they’ve decided that the only way to win the game is not to play.”*
Which one of you wrote this?