Inside the Nasty Shadow War Between The New York Times and Team Biden
A startling new report on the White House's anger over The Times's coverage of Donald Trump and President Biden should prompt a broader media reckoning.
THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent · Greg Sargent
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Show Notes
A new Politico report has exposed deep tensions between The New York Times and the White House. President Biden’s team believes The Times isn’t adequately capturing the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy, while The Times responds that Team Biden is out to micromanage the paper of record’s coverage. We think this debate is badly muddled and in need of some major clarifications. So we chatted with Substacker Brian Beutler, a frequent media critic, about today’s flawed conventions of political reporting, why they aren’t meeting the challenge of this moment, and what’s needed to change them.
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