{"id":2248378,"date":"2024-05-20T07:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T11:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-york-times-is-ony-interested-in-one-presidents-tax-returns\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T07:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T11:07:41","slug":"the-new-york-times-is-ony-interested-in-one-presidents-tax-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-york-times-is-ony-interested-in-one-presidents-tax-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Times focuses solely on one president&#8217;s tax returns"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fthe-new-york-times-is-ony-interested-in-one-presidents-tax-returns%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=2248378&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>The article discusses how the\u2063 media&#8217;s selective \u200dreporting, notably by\u200b The New York Times, shapes public \u2064perception. It highlights the Times&#8217; focus on Trump&#8217;s\u200b tax issues while overlooking Biden&#8217;s tax strategies. The omitted details raise questions about \u200cmedia\u200b bias and storytelling choices\u2064 in portraying \u2064political figures&#8217; financial matters. The article delves into the impact of selective reporting by the media, particularly The New York Times, on shaping public opinion. It underscores the\u200d attention on Trump&#8217;s \u2064taxes by the Times, contrasting \u2062the lack of focus on Biden&#8217;s tax maneuvers. The\u200c absence of\u2063 these details \u2062prompts reflection on media \u200bbias \u2063and \u2064narrative decisions when covering\u2063 political figures&#8217; \u200bfinancial \u200baffairs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>It says something about today\u2019s corporate media that one almost has to regard their coverage as \u201canti-matter.\u201d In other words, what the press chooses not to report matters more than what they say explicitly.<\/p>\n<p>That maxim applies to a recent New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/11\/us\/trump-taxes-audit-chicago.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story<\/a> alleging that President Trump may owe more than $100 million in taxes related to his harvesting of tax losses on the Chicago skyscraper he developed around the time of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-let-david-slay-goliath\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: Let David Slay Goliath\">2008 financial crisis<\/a>. As with many Times stories, the elements the paper chose to omit speak volumes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2022421994\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f33dc260667753a90ea2ca41df529bd7 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f33dc260667753a90ea2ca41df529bd7\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tax Returns Obtained Illegally<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As part of its reporting, the Times article referenced an \u201cobscure\u201d 2019 Technical Advice Memorandum issued by the Internal Revenue Service and noted that such \u201cmemos are required to be publicly released with the taxpayer\u2019s information removed.\u201d The Times claimed that this memorandum, \u201calong with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-anniversary-lincoln-project-founder-rick-wilson-celebrates-7-years-since-390k-tax-lien\/\" title=\"Happy Anniversary! Lincoln Project Founder Rick Wilson Celebrates 7 Years Since 0K Tax Lien\">tax records<\/a> previously obtained by the Times and additional reporting, indicated that the former president was the focus of\u201d the dispute discussed in the 2019 memo.<\/p>\n<p>But the Times conspicuously omitted the source of those \u201ctax records previously obtained.\u201d Specifically, last fall, a former IRS contractor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ex-irs-contractor-trump-tax-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pled guilty<\/a> to leaking Trump\u2019s tax records to the Times and ProPublica (which collaborated with the Times on the most recent tax harvesting story). At that time, the Times declined to comment, and ProPublica claimed it \u201cdoesn\u2019t know the identity of the source\u201d who leaked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-reps-jordan-issa-demand-transparency-from-irs-over-partisan-leak-of-tax-records\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Reps. Jordan, Issa Demand Transparency From IRS Over \u2018Partisan\u2019 Leak Of Tax Records\">tax return information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These media outlets may not definitively know whether the contractor leaked Trump\u2019s returns, for instance, if he mailed the returns anonymously. But the Times could certainly have reported in its article that the contractor had pled guilty to doing so. That they made no mention of the criminality associated with the leak, and the possibility that their reporting was made possible because of someone else\u2019s criminal acts, suggests that the Times does not want to focus on the story\u2019s entire context.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Willfully Ignorant of Biden\u2019s Conduct<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Likewise, while the Times wants to talk about the former president\u2019s tax situation every day of the week and twice on Sundays, it seemingly has no interest in exploring the current president\u2019s tax shenanigans. For years, Joe and Jill Biden have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-the-bidens-dodged-the-payroll-tax-11597083162\">used a loophole<\/a> \u2014 one that Barack Obama tried to close and one that Biden\u2019s own administration says it wants to end <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/131\/General-Explanations-FY2024.pdf\">because it<\/a> allows \u201cthose with high incomes to avoid paying their fair share of taxes\u201d \u2014 to dodge <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/05\/19\/his-returns-show-joe-biden-has-dodged-half-a-million-in-taxes-while-urging-tax-increases\/\">over $500,000<\/a> in Medicare and Obamacare taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The Bidens exploited said loophole in such an egregious manner that the (leftist) Tax Policy Center believes the Internal Revenue Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2023\/02\/the-facts-on-sen-scotts-claim-that-biden-is-a-tax-cheat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">should have pursued<\/a> them for a tax repayment. And they did so while spending millions of dollars buying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capegazette.com\/article\/biden-purchases-home-rehoboth\/135228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one mansion in Delaware<\/a> and renting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zillow.com\/homedetails\/626-Chain-Bridge-Rd-Mc-Lean-VA-22101\/51759106_zpid\/?mmlb=g,9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another luxury retreat<\/a> outside Washington. But you wouldn\u2019t hear about any of this from The New York Times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-11dc17a67c91f0b7466bfb80632cf8b4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-11dc17a67c91f0b7466bfb80632cf8b4\"><\/div>\n<p>In December, Adam Entous of the Times wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/22\/us\/politics\/hunter-biden-texts-impeachment-republicans.html\">lengthy piece<\/a> claiming that a text from the president\u2019s son, Hunter, does not hold the negative connotations congressional Republicans have attributed to it. The story argued that Hunter\u2019s text talking about giving his father half his salary did not refer to a bribery arrangement but to an oft-told family story about Hunter Biden paying half of his college earnings to Joe Biden to cover room and board costs.<\/p>\n<p>To support this interpretation of the text in question, Entous went into detail about \u201cthe family\u2019s conflicted relationship with money and class,\u201d with Joe Biden having champagne tastes but a beer budget. He noted that the senior Biden \u201cwas drawn to grand estates,\u201d and purchased a 10,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-billionaire-shutters-beverly-hills-hiking-trails-to-build-mega-mansion\/\" title=\"Anti-Israel Billionaire Shutters Beverly Hills Hiking Trails To Build Mega Mansion\">000-square-foot mansion<\/a> in Delaware while a senator, but that \u201cto save money, Joe Biden did most of the home repairs and improvements himself, and in winter closed off large sections with drywall to save on heating costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The overall picture emerges of someone cutting financial corners \u2014 packing his own sandwiches on trips to Vail to save on meal expenses \u2014 to live above his means. This cheapskate behavior would arguably follow him decades later when he left the vice presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Entous and the Times employed the \u201cBiden is a cheapskate\u201d argument to explain away Hunter\u2019s text about his father. But would the Times use the cheapskate angle to explore whether and why Joe Biden deliberately underpaid his taxes while living a luxury lifestyle? Of course not. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4340238761a1bdf77d4d4ea1009d9167 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4340238761a1bdf77d4d4ea1009d9167\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Culture of Corruption?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For many years, the media have attempted to portray Joe Biden as a choirboy compared to Donald Trump. But in reality, Biden more closely resembles Diamond Joe Quimby, \u201cThe Simpsons\u2019\u201d perpetually corrupt machine politician, more than any sainted figure. Too bad the media won\u2019t report on it.<\/p>\n<p>To borrow an old phrase, the Times and the corporate media provide information on a \u201cneed to know\u201d basis. If information harms the left\u2019s preconceived narratives, then the public doesn\u2019t need to know and the media will dutifully censor it. Such is the level of corruption one has grown accustomed to expect from the Fourth Estate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-06ab4a9d4e26778a7406af4a1032e552 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-06ab4a9d4e26778a7406af4a1032e552\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s corporate media often makes omissions as crucial as their reports, reflecting an &#8220;anti-matter&#8221; perspective. 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