{"id":1044482,"date":"2021-11-22T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044482"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:44:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:44:20","slug":"former-nyt-reporter-story-about-effects-of-kenosha-riots-was-held-until-after-the-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nyt-reporter-story-about-effects-of-kenosha-riots-was-held-until-after-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NYT Reporter: Story About Effects Of Kenosha Riots Was Held Until After The Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nyt-reporter-story-about-effects-of-kenosha-riots-was-held-until-after-the-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044482&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/tgif-inflation-rises-russiagate-falls\">a piece<\/a> for her fianc\u00e9e Bari Weiss\u2019 substack, former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles revealed late last week that her former employer withheld a story she wrote about the true effects of the Black Lives Matter riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year until after President Joe Biden was elected.<\/p>\n<p>Buried in her column and only vaguely alluded to in the subhead, Bowles explained that the Times sent her to Kenosha last summer during the riots to basically confirm the \u201cmainstream liberal argument\u201d that \u201cburning down businesses for racial justice was both good and healthy\u201d because it \u201callowed for the expression of righteous rage, and the businesses all had insurance to rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But when she arrived in Kenosha and began speaking to the locals, she learned this was not the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe part of Kenosha that people burned in the riots was the poor, multi-racial commercial district, full of small, underinsured cell phone shops and car lots. It was very sad to see and to hear from people who had suffered. Beyond the financial loss, small storefronts are quite meaningful to their owners and communities, which continuously baffles the Zoom-class,\u201d Bowles wrote.<\/p>\n<p>So, she filed a story in August that reflected what she discovered \u2013 but that story wouldn\u2019t get published until after the 2020 election. Bowles accepts the notion that the piece could have simply been bad, but a few weeks after she sent it in, she said an editor essentially told her: \u201cThe Times wouldn\u2019t be able to run my Kenosha insurance debacle piece until after the 2020 election, so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This editor reportedly gave her various reasons, including space, timing, and tweaks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the reason for holding the piece, covering the suffering after the riots was not a priority. The reality that brought Kyle Rittenhouse into the streets was one we reporters were meant to ignore. The old man who tried to put out a blaze at a Kenosha store&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/26\/elderly-man-defending-store-during-kenosha-riots-has-jaw-broken\/\">had his jaw broken<\/a>,\u201d Bowles wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you lived in those neighborhoods on fire, you were not supposed to get an extinguisher. The proper response \u2014 the only acceptable response \u2014 was to see the brick and mortar torn down, to watch the fires burn and to say: thank you,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 election was held on November 3, 2020. It took a few days for some states to finish counting ballots, particularly mail-in ballots. Bowles\u2019 Kenosha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/09\/business\/small-business-insurance-unrest-kenosha.html\">article<\/a> was published on November 9. It<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a piece for her fianc\u00e9e Bari Weiss\u2019 substack, former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles revealed late last week that her former employer withheld a story she wrote about the true effects of the Black Lives Matter riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year until after President Joe Biden was elected.Buried in her column and only vaguely alluded to in the subhead, Bowles explained that the Times sent her to Kenosha last summer during the riots to basically confirm the \u201cmainstream liberal argument\u201d that \u201cburning down businesses for racial justice was both good and healthy\u201d because it \u201callowed for the expression of righteous rage, and the businesses all had insurance to rebuild.\u201dBut when she arrived in Kenosha and began speaking to the locals, she learned this was not the case.\u201cThe part of Kenosha that people burned in the riots was the poor, multi-racial commercial district, full of small, underinsured cell phone shops and car lots. It was very sad to see and to hear from people who had suffered. Beyond the financial loss, small storefronts are quite meaningful to their owners and communities, which continuously baffles the Zoom-class,\u201d Bowles wrote.So, she filed a story in August that reflected what she discovered \u2013 but that story wouldn\u2019t get published until after the 2020 election. Bowles accepts the notion that the piece could have simply been bad, but a few weeks after she sent it in, she said an editor essentially told her: \u201cThe Times wouldn\u2019t be able to run my Kenosha insurance debacle piece until after the 2020 election, so sorry.\u201dThis editor reportedly gave her various reasons, including space, timing, and tweaks.\u201cWhatever the reason for holding the piece, covering the suffering after the riots was not a priority. The reality that brought Kyle Rittenhouse into the streets was one we reporters were meant to ignore. The old man who tried to put out a blaze at a Kenosha store\u00a0had his jaw broken,\u201d Bowles wrote.\u201cIf you lived in those neighborhoods on fire, you were not supposed to get an extinguisher. The proper response \u2014 the only acceptable response \u2014 was to see the brick and mortar torn down, to watch the fires burn and to say: thank you,\u201d she concluded.The 2020 election was held on November 3, 2020. It took a few days for some states to finish counting ballots, particularly mail-in ballots. Bowles\u2019 Kenosha article was published on November 9. It cuts right to the chase in its headline: \u201cBusinesses Trying to Rebound After Unrest Face a Challenge: Not Enough Insurance.\u201dBowles explained that while \u201clarge chains like Walmart and Best Buy have excellent insurance, many small businesses that have been burned down in the riots lack similar coverage. And for them, there is no easy way to replace all that they lost.\u201d\u201cIn Kenosha, more than 35 small businesses were destroyed, and around 80 were damaged, according to the city\u2019s business association. Almost all are locally owned and many are underinsured or struggling to manage,\u201d she added in the Times article.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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