The New York Times Really Asked Ms. Rachel If She's Paid By Hamas | Defector
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The house style of the New York Times is severely outdated. Depending on the topic, the newspaper’s purportedly impartial tone instead reads as smug, self-amused, and deeply lazy. The results are disastrous when applied to a recent article which sincerely considers the idea that Rachel Griffin-Accurso, the popular children’s entertainer known as Ms. Rachel, might […]

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The house style of the New York Times is severely outdated. Depending on the topic, the newspaper’s purportedly impartial tone instead reads as smug, self-amused, and deeply lazy. The results are disastrous when applied to a recent article which sincerely considers the idea that Rachel Griffin-Accurso, the popular children’s entertainer known as Ms. Rachel, might […]

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    20 hours ago

    the advocacy group StopAntisemitism’ 'sent a letter

    That’s my problem with the article. This letter is meaningless. They might as well report “crazy people send crazy message and are promptly ignored”. Why give them a voice?

    • notabot@lemm.eeEnglish
      51·
      18 hours ago

      From the rest of the article I very much got the ‘crazy people send crazy message’ message, but I can see how that might depend on the reader.

      You say the letter is meaningless, but I think we have to be careful. Sesame Street teaches kindness, inclusivity and caring, and I think the republicans would be only too happy for an excuse to tear it down.