{"id":2378460,"date":"2024-12-10T12:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-slammed-as-a-garbage-publication-over-daniel-penny-acquittal-headline\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:22:16","slug":"new-york-times-slammed-as-a-garbage-publication-over-daniel-penny-acquittal-headline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-slammed-as-a-garbage-publication-over-daniel-penny-acquittal-headline\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Slammed as a &#8216;Garbage Publication&#8217; Over Daniel Penny Acquittal Headline"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fnew-york-times-slammed-as-a-garbage-publication-over-daniel-penny-acquittal-headline%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=2378460&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 summary discusses\u200c the controversial acquittal of Marine veteran Daniel Penny,who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-convicted-eco-saboteur-disputes-biden-land-management-nominees-characterization-of-their-relationship\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Convicted Eco-Saboteur Disputes Biden Land Management Nominee\u2019s Characterization Of Their Relationship\">faced charges related<\/a> to the death of Jordan Neely,a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-teens-set-mentally-ill-man-on-fire-if-races-were-reversed-it-would-be-a-national-story\/\" title=\"Two Teens Set Mentally Ill Man On Fire; If Races Were Reversed It Would Be A National Story\">mentally ill man<\/a>,during a \u200cconfrontation on a New york\u2063 City subway.The\u2063 New York Times reported on the trial, wich became a focal point in discussions \u2063around public safety and mental health in the city.While some view Penny as a hero for \u2062intervening in a threatening situation, critics\u200d argue he acted with excessive force and racially charged motivations. The Times&#8217; coverage of the event\u2063 drew criticism for its framing and language,which \u200bsome interpreted as biased against Penny,likening the newspaper&#8217;s stance to\u2063 that of a &#8220;Karen.&#8221; This led to public outcry, prompting an update of \u2062the article&#8217;s headline to reflect a more neutral\u2062 perspective.the article highlights the polarizing views surrounding this \u2064incident and the media&#8217;s role in shaping\u2062 public perceptions.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Is The Gray Lady actually a &ldquo;Karen&rdquo;?<\/p>\n<p>That appears to be the consensus after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-shames-new-york-times-reporter-perfect-response-baiting-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once-venerable<\/a> New York Times was caught feeling a bit too entitled when it came to manipulating the narrative surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-jury-delivers-verdict-final-charge-daniel-penny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine veteran Daniel Penny<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Penny, whose trial has captured the nation&rsquo;s attention, was defending his actions from a May 2023 encounter with mentally disturbed Michael Jackson impersonator, Jordan Neely, that ultimately ended with the latter dead following a physical confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>Neely had reportedly threatened the lives of other passengers on the New York City subway when Penny intervened, putting Neely in a headlock. Neely died shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of Penny have argued his actions were heroic, as he sought to selflessly neutralize a very public threat.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Critics of Penny, meanwhile, have tried to paint him as some unhinged vigilante with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chaos-erupts-outside-courthouse-daniel-penny-acquittal-blm-leader-calls-black-vigilantes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racial ax to grind<\/a>. (Penny is white, and Neely is black.)<\/p>\n<p>Guess which avenue the Times took?<\/p>\n<p>In total fairness to the New York Times, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/09\/nyregion\/daniel-penny-not-guilty-jordan-neely.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the article<\/a> starts off straightforward enough.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Daniel Penny Is Acquitted in Death of Jordan Neely on Subway,&rdquo; the headline read, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-daniel-penny-speaks-celebrates-acquittal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impossible to dispute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But then comes the first header, which raised a few eyebrows: &ldquo;Mr. Penny choked Mr. Neely in a minutes-long struggle on the floor of an F train.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Again, those are facts, but they certainly seem to be trying to sway public opinion, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the boom: &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alvin-bragg-responds-daniel-penny-acquittal-trying-play-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Penny<\/a>, a former Marine who choked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-destroy-new-york-fast-food-shop-send-employees-to-hospital-because-extra-sauce-was-1-75\/\" title=\"Women Destroy New York Fast Food Shop, Send Employees To Hospital Because Extra Sauce Was .75\">fellow subway rider<\/a> on an uptown F train last year, was acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide on Monday, ending a case that had come to exemplify New York City&rsquo;s post-pandemic struggles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even ignoring the fact that nobody is a &ldquo;former&rdquo; Marine and that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">post-pandemic struggles&#038;rdquo<\/a>; are a boogeyman, look at the crux of that statement.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times literally makes it sound like Penny was some hooligan looking for trouble on a subway and was all too eager to join in when he found it.<\/p>\n<p>And people have noticed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Actual in print NYT headline about Penny acquittal, in case you were wondering what a garbage newspaper is,&rdquo; Commentary magazine editor John Podhoretz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jpodhoretz\/status\/1866467272312656218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. He included an image of the print edition of the Times to hammer his point home, including the original headline of &ldquo;Jury Acquits Man Who Was Choking Rider on Subway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>(As if that somehow came even close to painting a complete picture.)<\/p>\n<p>Tech mogul and X owner Elon Musk echoed the &ldquo;garbage&rdquo; sentiment:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Garbage publication<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1866482381927989351?\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The New York Times already updated the disgraceful front page of its print version from &ldquo;Jury Acquits Man Who Was Choking Rider on Subway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Says Neely was just a fellow subway rider who was homeless with a history of mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>No mention of him being a violent criminal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VUn4YhLDZE\">pic.twitter.com\/VUn4YhLDZE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnLeFevre\/status\/1866481933204795675?\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reporter John LeFevre pointed out that preliminary backlash caused a swift headline change from the Times, hammering home just how bad that original angle was.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The New York Times already updated the disgraceful front page of its print version from &lsquo;Jury Acquits Man Who Was Choking Rider on Subway,&#8217;&rdquo; LeFevre noted. &ldquo;Says Neely was just a fellow subway rider who was homeless with a history of mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No mention of him being a violent criminal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No mention, indeed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This seems to be the prevailing opinion after the once-respected publication was seen as overly entitled in its portrayal of Marine veteran Daniel Penny. Penny&#8217;s trial has garnered national interest as he defends his actions from a May 2023 incident involving Jordan Neely, a mentally disturbed Michael Jackson impersonator, which ended with Neely&#8217;s death following a physical altercation. During this encounter, Neely allegedly threatened other subway passengers before Penny intervened and placed him in a headlock. Supporters of Penny argue that he acted heroically to neutralize a public threat.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, critics have attempted to depict him as an unhinged vigilante with racial motives (Penny is white and Neely is black). The Times&#8217; coverage began straightforwardly enough with the headline: \u201cDaniel Penny Is Acquitted in Death of Jordan Neely on Subway,\u201d which is hard to dispute. However, subsequent sections raised eyebrows; for instance, one header stated: \u201cMr. Penny choked Mr. Neely in a minutes-long struggle on the floor of an F train.\u201d While factual, this language seemed aimed at influencing public perception.<\/p>\n<p>The article continued by framing Penny as someone who sought trouble on the subway rather than portraying him as someone responding to an immediate threat. Critics have taken note of this slant; Commentary magazine editor John Podhoretz criticized it by sharing an image of the print edition featuring another headline: \u201cJury Acquits Man Who Was Choking Rider on Subway,\u201d suggesting it fails to provide context.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk also expressed disdain for what he called a &#8220;garbage publication.&#8221; Following backlash over its initial framing, the New York Times updated its front page description of Neely\u2014now referred to merely as &#8220;a fellow subway rider who was homeless with mental health issues,&#8221; omitting any mention of his violent past\u2014a change noted by reporter John LeFevre who highlighted how poorly received their original angle was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Daniel-Penny-6.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42466,33295,33263],"class_list":["post-2378460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-daniel-penny","tag-media-criticism","tag-new-york-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Daniel-Penny-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378460","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378464,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378460\/revisions\/2378464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}