Some of the 1619 essays have very serious problems - the claim that the Revolution was about slavery, or the Bouie essay equating McConnell with Calhoun, both of which I've addressed at length - but I agree that the framing & rollout are driving much of the controversy.https://twitter.com/SeanTrende/status/1164197828165623811 …
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@KevinMKruse essay. The SEO title is "How Segregation Caused Your Traffic Jam". The essay doesn't deliver that, given the many intervening factors. Maybe Kruse had nothing to do with picking that title, but the NYT editors either chose it or approved it.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Your key words were “responsible scholarship.” It won’t have that.
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Exactly, which is why the journalists writing the essays have to take highly debatable claims from certain scholars as the unimpeachable historical truth. They have to make their essays fit the narrative, and they just can't do it credibly or fairly.
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Black people are notably easily convinced by the New York Times. Happens all the time. We’re just so very silly.
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Once NYT started taking out TV ads praising their deep-sourcing, the jig was up. They're promoting a brand now, and that brand isn't equivalent to "objective news."
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