{"id":2293709,"date":"2024-07-12T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-one-should-listen-to-the-nyt-when-it-declares-trump-unfit\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:33:01","slug":"no-one-should-listen-to-the-nyt-when-it-declares-trump-unfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-one-should-listen-to-the-nyt-when-it-declares-trump-unfit\/","title":{"rendered":"No One Should Listen To The NYT When It Declares Trump &#8216;Unfit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fno-one-should-listen-to-the-nyt-when-it-declares-trump-unfit%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=2293709&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 \u200cNew \u200dYork Times editorial\u2062 begins\u2062 by calling Donald Trump\u200b dangerous \u2063in word, deed,\u2062 and action, putting self\u200d over country and \u2064loathing the\u2063 laws Americans \u200dlive\u200b by.\u200c The editorial criticizes the Times for\u2063 failing to evaluate presidential\u2064 candidate \u2064fitness, citing instances\u2063 where the Times misled readers about Joe Biden&#8217;s health\u200c and fitness for \u2063office. The editorial\u2062 questions the\u200d credibility of the Times editorial \u200bboard\u2064 and \u2064accuses them \u200cof being dishonest or delusional in their assessments.\u2064 The Times&#8217; repeated calls for Biden to drop out after his debate disaster are seen as\u2064 an admission of his \u2062unfitness. The \u2064editorial\u2063 also criticizes the Times for declaring Trump \u2063unfit for\u2062 office \u2062based\u200b on inaccuracies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-loeffler-fires-back-after-ossoff-accuses-her-of-campaigning-with-kkk-member\/\" title=\"Sen. Loeffler Fires Back After Ossoff Accuses Her of Campaigning with KKK Member\">personal attacks<\/a>. The editorial questions the Times&#8217; definition of \u2064democracy \u200band its partisan biases in criticizing Trump and other Republican politicians. It \u200dsuggests that \u2062the Times&#8217; portrayal \u200bof past Republican \u200bfigures is biased and inconsistent depending on\u200b their \u2063political threat to leftist \u200bobjectives.\u200c The editorial concludes by highlighting the Times&#8217; changing views on Republican politicians, including \u200dprevious criticisms of\u2062 Mitt Romney\u200c in 2012.  <\/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<div>\n<p>\u201cHe is dangerous in word, deed and action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe puts self over country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe loathes the laws we live by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So begins Thursday\u2019s New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/07\/11\/opinion\/editorials\/donald-trump-2024-unfit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">editorial<\/a>, ominously casting the words against a black-and-white image of an American flag fluttering in the background. The Times renders these indictments with the gravitas of an undertaker, like Moses descending the mountain with stone tablets in hand. In reality, the Times has proven it\u2019s entirely unfit to evaluate the fitness of presidential candidates, whether it\u2019s Joe Biden or Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>If the Times were qualified to speak to the American people about presidential fitness, it would not have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/21\/us\/politics\/biden-age-videos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">misled<\/a> them about Joe Biden\u2019s health less than a week before the first 2024 presidential debate. The Times called videos of Biden\u2019s miscues \u201cdeceptive\u201d and \u201cmisleading,\u201d parroting the White House\u2019s narrative about \u201ccheap fakes\u201d and denouncing \u201cwild and false claims.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, in the wake of Robert Hur\u2019s report and Biden\u2019s gaffe-laden rebuttal, the Times editorial board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/09\/opinion\/biden-age-report-special-counsel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Biden \u201cmust do better.\u201d Despite referencing the president\u2019s age and infirmities, the Times didn\u2019t question Biden\u2019s fitness for the presidency. It should have \u2014 if not in 2020, then certainly in February 2024. Instead, the editorial board urged Biden \u201cto do more to show the public that he is fully capable of holding office until age 86.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was dishonest or delusional for the Times editorial board to have written such a sentence. Everyday citizens with access to far less information than the Times\u2019 editors (\u201cwhose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values\u201d) could easily see that Biden was \u201cnot fully capable of holding office until age 86.\u201d But these citizens were dismissed or <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/05\/msnbcs-scarborough-joins-dems-defending-biden-after-report-on-president-mentally-slipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">derided<\/a>, even after The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/joe-biden-age-election-2024-8ee15246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Biden was \u201cslipping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the Times editorial board has now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/28\/opinion\/biden-election-debate-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">twice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/opinion\/editorials\/democrats-biden-truth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> for Biden to drop out after his debate disaster fails to restore its credibility. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rips-elite-anti-racist-high-school-approves-lawsuit-over-new-admissions-policy\/\" title=\"Judge Rips Elite \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 High School, Approves Lawsuit Over New Admissions Policy\">board called<\/a> for Biden to drop out because it now sees him as unelectable \u2014 because he can no longer articulate basic leftist talking points \u2014 it already knew he was unfit.<\/p>\n<p>The Times\u2019 editorial that declares Trump unfit for office doesn\u2019t boost its credibility either. It childishly repeats the lie about Trump\u2019s \u201cvery fine people on both sides\u201d comments. Snopes recently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/06\/23\/snopes-correction-charlottesville-virginia-very-fine-people-both-sides-donald-trump-seven-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fact-checked<\/a> this lie after waiting seven years to do so, and Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/08\/15\/full-text-trump-comments-white-supremacists-alt-left-transcript-241662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made it clear<\/a> multiple times that he was talking about people on both sides of the debate about tearing down old statues \u2014 not Nazis or white supremacists. The Times also said Trump\u2019s telling the Proud Boys to \u201cstand back and stand down\u201d in a September debate was \u201cliterally\u201d an order to storm the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, which is quite an odd use of the word \u201cliterally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times goes on to castigate Trump for \u201csubvert[ing] the rule of law\u201d before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayoral-race-first-debate-between-runoff-candidates-turns-to-personal-attacks\/\" title=\"Chicago mayoral race: First debate between runoff candidates turns to personal attacks\">launching personal attacks<\/a> on Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito two sentences later. Trump, \u201cnot content to work within the law to defend himself \u2026 is instead turning to sympathetic judges,\u201d the Times says. But in this case, working <em>outside<\/em> the law means appealing a case to the Supreme Court, which is the very definition of working <em>within<\/em> the law.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the newspaper also denounces Trump\u2019s \u201cdisregard for democracy.\u201d What exactly the Times means by \u201cdemocracy\u201d here is unclear, since it later implies that the will of primary voters can be overturned, saying that \u201cthe Republican Party is making its choice next week.\u201d Actually, the choice has already been made, and it was made by the people, not the party.  <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most disingenuous argument the editorial makes against Trump is that the Times only opposes Trump so vociferously because he is a radical outlier \u2014 not because he is a Republican. The editorial board refers to the Republican Party as \u201conce great,\u201d but a curious reader would immediately wonder if there was any other point in his lifetime when the Times described the GOP as \u201cgreat.\u201d Glowing references to Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney follow. <\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to Reagan, the Times must have briefly forgotten his stance on abortion. Reagan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1976\/02\/08\/archives\/reagan-affirms-antiabortion-stand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed regret<\/a> for signing a sweeping California abortion bill, and he famously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/JBpGac4c6wk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observed<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.\u201d Given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famed-art-institute-of-chicago-fires-all-docents-primarily-white-women-critics-charge-racism\/\" title=\"Famed Art Institute Of Chicago Fires All Docents, Primarily White Women. Critics Charge Racism.\">editorial board\u2019<\/a>s radical pro-abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/24\/opinion\/dobbs-ruling-roe-v-wade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stance<\/a>, Reagan would be vilified if he were running for president today.<\/p>\n<p>If the Times portrays the latter three Republicans as heroic statesmen, the simplest explanation is that these men (who lost three presidential races to Democratic candidates) no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-was-awarded-1-million-for-defending-science-and-speaking-truth-to-power-why\/\" title=\"Fauci Was Awarded  Million For \u2018Defending Science\u2019 And \u2018Speaking Truth To Power.\u2019 Why?\">longer pose<\/a> a political threat to leftist objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, it should be noted that Times\u2019 view of Romney in 2012 was not so glowing. A 2012 Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/09\/19\/opinion\/mitt-romney-class-warrior.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">editorial<\/a> described Romney as a \u201cclass warrior\u201d who was seeking to turn the rich against the poor for political benefit. It charges him with \u201cbone-chilling cynicism and revolting smugness,\u201d which is strange since readers are now led to believe that Trump is the only politician on the right who exhibits those qualities. <\/p>\n<p>Another 2012 Times editorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/10\/18\/opinion\/mr-romneys-version-of-equal-rights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asserted<\/a> that \u201cRomney has a problem with female voters,\u201d blasting Romney for his positions on abortion, contraception, and when life begins. After the first presidential debate, the Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/29\/opinion\/the-never-ending-cold-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mocked<\/a> Romney for his position on Russia: \u201cHis comments display either a shocking lack of knowledge about international affairs or just craven politics. Either way, they are reckless and unworthy of a major presidential contender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The point of mentioning this is to underline how disingenuous the Times is when it aggrandizes Republicans it used to demonize so it can portray Trump as the political arch-villain. One of the media\u2019s biggest lies is that they would embrace a Republican presidential candidate and give him the same congenial coverage they do Democrats if he were just moderate enough. But the media favor only Joe Biden \u201cmoderates,\u201d politicians who support <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/27\/biden-lies-from-debate-stage-about-democrats-abortion-until-birth-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion until birth<\/a>, gender ideology and the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/12\/transgender-ideology-is-superstition-not-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mutilation of children<\/a>, unobstructed illegal immigration, and out-of-control spending.<\/p>\n<p>Even if a Republican held these sorts of positions, the media would still vilify him if he posed a threat to Democrats\u2019 grip on power. The left isn\u2019t planning on letting go anytime soon \u2014 regardless of who the Republican nominee is.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Joshua Monnington is an assistant editor at The Federalist. He was previously an editor at Regnery Publishing and is a graduate of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times editorial criticizes both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, questioning their fitness for office. However, the author argues that the Times has shown bias and inconsistency in its evaluations of presidential candidates. The author points out instances where the Times has misled readers about Biden&#8217;s health and criticized Trump unfairly. The author also highlights the Times&#8217; changing opinions on past Republican candidates, suggesting that the newspaper&#8217;s views are influenced by political agendas rather than objective analysis. Ultimately, the author argues that the media&#8217;s treatment of Republican candidates is biased and unfair, regardless of their positions or qualifications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3134,"featured_media":2293710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Copy-of-Untitled-33.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15823,3634,19143],"class_list":["post-2293709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-nyt","tag-trump","tag-unfit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Copy-of-Untitled-33.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293709","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\/3134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}