{"id":1108901,"date":"2021-12-11T12:44:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T17:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1108901"},"modified":"2021-12-11T12:44:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T17:44:07","slug":"famous-italian-journalist-calls-out-new-york-times-over-ideological-coverage-of-manhattan-stabbing-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famous-italian-journalist-calls-out-new-york-times-over-ideological-coverage-of-manhattan-stabbing-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Italian Journalist Calls Out New York Times Over Ideological Coverage Of Manhattan Stabbing Spree"},"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%2Ffamous-italian-journalist-calls-out-new-york-times-over-ideological-coverage-of-manhattan-stabbing-spree%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=1108901&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>Earlier this month, a man with connections to a violent gang and a history of crime allegedly stabbed multiple people one night in Manhattan. The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/03\/nyregion\/columbia-student-stabbed.html\">covered<\/a> the incident, barely, even though it occurred in the paper\u2019s own city.<\/p>\n<p>When the Times reported on the incident, it gave little information about the man who allegedly stabbed multiple people, killing a Columbia University graduate student. The Daily Wire is not naming the suspect due to company policy. The alleged perpetrator was mentioned just once by the Times:<\/p>\n<p><em>The police arrested [the suspect], 25, of Manhattan, in the attacks and charged him on Friday with murder, attempted murder, assault, attempted assault and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon. He had been found in Central Park, and the police said that he had been menacing a third man with a knife.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The suspect has been charged with stabbing and killing Columbia graduate student Davide Giri. As the Times reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>The student, Davide Giri, was traveling home from soccer practice just before 11 p.m. when he was stabbed in the abdomen about two blocks from his apartment building, the police and friends said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mr. Giri, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science who was expected to graduate in May, had begun working as a research assistant at Columbia around 2016, after studying at schools in Italy and Chicago, according to his personal website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The New York Post\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/04\/vincent-pinkney-charged-with-murder-in-fatal-stabbing-of-columbia-student-davide-giri\/\">article<\/a> on the crime included much more information about the suspect, including allegations that he stabbed someone else the night before Giri was killed and attempted to stab a couple. From the Post:<\/p>\n<p><em>[The suspect] is charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly attacking Italian tourist Roberto Malaspina about 20 minutes later.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A police official said that a witness described the accused stabber as \u201cjumping around \u2014 happy\u201d after the attack\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Witnesses told cops that Malaspina\u2019s assailant ran into Central Park, where lawyer Gregory Johnson, 30, said that a man came up behind him and his girlfriend as they were walking his dog, Peanut \u2014 and swung a kitchen knife at him without saying a word\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[The suspect] has been busted 11 times since 2012 on charges including robbery and assault, and was on supervised release from prison for beating a man and slashing his face in 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He&nbsp;is also being investigated for the stabbing of another tourist \u2014 this one from Germany \u2014 fewer than 24 hours before Thursday night\u2019s bloodshed, sources said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because Giri and the tourist were both from Italy, the story has been picked up in the Italian press, and at least one well-known Italian journalist is not happy with the way the Times covered the story. In an op-ed, journalist Federico Rampini accused the Times of leaving out details of the suspect\u2019s crimes for ideological reasons. The American Conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/italian-lives-matter-crime-new-york-times\/\">published<\/a> an English version of Rampini\u2019s op-ed:<\/p>\n<p><em>The newspaper\u2019s interest, and the investigative vigor put into the field, would have been different if the parties had been reversed. That is, if the victim had been African-American and the murderer a white man; all the more so if that white man had been a member of some organization that preaches and practices violence, for example a right-wing militia. The tragedy would have made the front page, a team of reporters would have been mobilized to investigate the murderer\u2019s background, history, and motivations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;<em>has chosen a reticence that borders on self-censorship, consistent with the editorial line of recent years. The canons of American journalism have been twisted, particularly during the Donald Trump years when it became a boast in progressive media newsrooms to practice \u201cresistance journalism.\u201d The search for balance or impartiality was considered a weakness: the end justifies the means.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/john-s-2\/2021\/12\/10\/one-of-italys-top-journalists-has-harsh-words-for-ny-times-ideological-coverage-of-a-stabbing-spree-n434670\">H\/T Hot Air.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, a man with connections to a violent gang and a history of crime allegedly stabbed multiple people one night in Manhattan. The New York Times covered the incident, barely, even though it occurred in the paper\u2019s own city.When the Times reported on the incident, it gave little information about the man who allegedly stabbed multiple people, killing a Columbia University graduate student. The Daily Wire is not naming the suspect due to company policy. The alleged perpetrator was mentioned just once by the Times:The police arrested [the suspect], 25, of Manhattan, in the attacks and charged him on Friday with murder, attempted murder, assault, attempted assault and three counts of criminal possession of a weapon. He had been found in Central Park, and the police said that he had been menacing a third man with a knife.The suspect has been charged with stabbing and killing Columbia graduate student Davide Giri. As the Times reported:The student, Davide Giri, was traveling home from soccer practice just before 11 p.m. when he was stabbed in the abdomen about two blocks from his apartment building, the police and friends said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead\u2026Mr. Giri, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science who was expected to graduate in May, had begun working as a research assistant at Columbia around 2016, after studying at schools in Italy and Chicago, according to his personal website.The New York Post\u2019s article on the crime included much more information about the suspect, including allegations that he stabbed someone else the night before Giri was killed and attempted to stab a couple. From the Post:[The suspect] is charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly attacking Italian tourist Roberto Malaspina about 20 minutes later.A police official said that a witness described the accused stabber as \u201cjumping around \u2014 happy\u201d after the attack\u2026Witnesses told cops that Malaspina\u2019s assailant ran into Central Park, where lawyer Gregory Johnson, 30, said that a man came up behind him and his girlfriend as they were walking his dog, Peanut \u2014 and swung a kitchen knife at him without saying a word\u2026[The suspect] has been busted 11 times since 2012 on charges including robbery and assault, and was on supervised release from prison for beating a man and slashing his face in 2013.He\u00a0is also being investigated for the stabbing of another tourist \u2014 this one from Germany \u2014 fewer than 24 hours before Thursday night\u2019s bloodshed, sources said.Because Giri and the tourist were both from Italy, the story has been picked up in the Italian press, and at least one well-known Italian journalist is not happy with the way the Times covered the story. In an op-ed, journalist Federico Rampini accused the Times of leaving out details of the suspect\u2019s crimes for ideological reasons. The American Conservative published an English version of Rampini\u2019s op-ed:The newspaper\u2019s interest, and the investigative vigor put into the field, would have been different if the parties had been reversed. That is, if the victim had been African-American and the murderer a white man; all the more so if that white man had been a member of some organization that preaches and practices violence, for example a right-wing militia. The tragedy would have made the front page, a team of reporters would have been mobilized to investigate the murderer\u2019s background, history, and motivations.The New York Times\u00a0has chosen a reticence that borders on self-censorship, consistent with the editorial line of recent years. The canons of American journalism have been twisted, particularly during the Donald Trump years when it became a boast in progressive media newsrooms to practice \u201cresistance journalism.\u201d The search for balance or impartiality was considered a weakness: the end justifies the means.H\/T Hot Air.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}