"media got played" is the critique 
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Replying to @wycats
There are two separate assertions. One is that news orgs poorly directed coverage. I dispute that they ever had any real control.
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Replying to @wycats
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Front page is dead(ish). Everyone just shares shit on twitter & Facebook.
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Replying to @knowtheory @wycats
Sure, placement on front page matters. But in the environment we're in, it's also bypassable.
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the fact that NYT found themselves jumping from silly thing trump said to silly thing was a failure of editorial agency.
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Replying to @wycats
yeah, i just don't agree with that characterization. To call the things Trump was saying or doing ephemeral or detritus isn't right.
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Replying to @knowtheory @wycats
I suspect we agree on the outcome, but this is much easier to say with hindsight than it would be in process.
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Replying to @knowtheory
right. I don't think we have to believe the NYT got it obviously wrong with foresight to want them to admit they were wrong.
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Replying to @wycats
Sure. I'm saying 1) it's probably impossible to have gotten it right 2) telling the future is hard.
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and I'm saying "trust us to get it right, it's why we're the elites" needs a better success rate.
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