โ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ. https://t.co/2CFQ7a3cMP
— The Spectator (@spectator) January 2, 2021
This is the game the MSM has been playing for years.
— Yawn (@yawnymcyawnface) January 2, 2021
Take an extreme/unlikely position that has a grain of truth (the NYT headline isnโt wrong) and present it as the norm/default.
This is the BBC/Graun Playbook 101 on Brexit in particular; โcouldsโ reported as โwouldsโ
Yes, everything in that Spectator paragraph is in the NYT article too. The Spectator must be relying on their readers being to lazy to even bother reading the NYT article for themselves. And judging by the replies in this thread, that's a good call by The Spectator.
— Gavin Deane (@GJDeane) January 3, 2021
.....The NYT don't understand the first thing about British journalism: protect the Tory government at all costs.
— Ghostface Kafka (36 Chambers) (@TheKafkaDude) January 3, 2021