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1731·5 hours agoI don’t agree with what Joe Biden did there.
But you have to keep in mind the country he is running. Americans are very hostile to unions. A massive strike railroad strike shutting down the US economy would have ENRAGED your average american.
But overall, he was an extremely pro-union President:
Biden’s labor report card: Historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR
Biden Is the Most Pro-Labor President Since F.D.R. Will It Matter in November?
His administration bailed out union pension plans:
Joe Biden called Congress to vote the PRO-Act, a bill punishing corporations targeting labor unions :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_the_Right_to_Organize_Act
(Republicans and a few conservatives democrats refused to vote the Pro-Act)
The Biden FTC banned employee non-compete clauses:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/business/noncompete-clause-ban.html
This was a huge win for american workers.
Guess what happened next. The non-compete ban was overturned by Ada Brown. She is a Republican Judge that was appointed by Trump:
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/21/g-s1-18376/federal-judge-tosses-ftc-noncompetes-ban
31·4 days agoAs a non-american, I think the blue states get a lot of things right. Education, consumer rights, labor rights… But they get housing catastrophically wrong. Texas is essentially run by a bunch of religious monkeys that want everyone to shoot each other. But these monkeys are actually building housing.
The United Nations special representative Pramila Patten released her full report on sexual assaults on October 7.
She concluded that sexual violence did indeed take place. The NYT didn’t publish anything false.
The fact Hamas committed bad thing doesn’t mean the NYT vilified Palestinians.
The NYT told the story of a Palestinian grandmother who refuses to leave her home in Gaza during bombardments because she already lost her home once, in 1948:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/world/middleeast/gaza-diaspora-families.html
The NYT wrote stories about a Palestinian child orphaned by the air strike that killed dozens of her family members :
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/world/middleeast/gaza-children-israel.html
There’s no story that is more fiercely contested than Israel-Palestine drama , more mired in competing zero-sum narratives. It is nearly impossible to produce fair, accurate coverage without making all sides angry.
What you are doing is called moving the goal post. But I’ll answer.
1. Hamas is not “The Palestinians”. Saying Hamas committed bad things doesn’t mean “demonizing palestinians”.
2. The french media confirmed there were acts of sexual abuse on October 7. This is a very strange hill to die on.
3. The NYT has published stunning investigations into Israeli crimes:
An Israeli Soldier Killed a Medic in Gaza. We Investigated the Fatal Shot.
Autopsies of Gaza Medics Killed by Israeli Troops Show Some Were Shot in the Head
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/middleeast/gaza-medics-killed-israel.html
4. She wasn’t a NYT journalist. She was a freelancer. She helped make the movie “Waltz with Bashir” and was described as a leftist. Her Facebook profile picture declared in Arabic that “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies’”. The like was in question was posted on October 7. Upon learning this, on March 2024, the NYT ended her employment.
5. You are quoting The Intercept. That small newspaper also has reporters involved in ethical scandals. You want me to list them all?
6. The New York Times has published opinion pieces by several Palestinians and Israelis.
Palestinian: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/opinion/palestine-war-empathy.html
Israeli: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/opinion/israel-war-hamas-sderot.html
Palestinian: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/opinion/israel-gaza-war-history.html
Israeli: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/opinion/israel-democracy-netanyahu-war.html
Palestinian: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/opinion/israel-netanyahu-palestinians.html
Israeli: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/opinion/gaza-war-holocaust-shoah.html
Palestinian: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/opinion/palestine-leadership-war-israel.html
Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t like New York Times very much.
From december 2022:
Israel’s Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the New York Times on Sunday after the paper’s editorial board warned his administration would undermine democracy and cater to extremists.
In particular the NYT and CNN deserve much more distrust imo. It is clear that they are agenda driven, usually against the interests of the middle class.
I’m a paying subscriber of the New York Times.
I find your criticism deeply unfair. Yes, the NYT sometimes gets thing wrong. No news organization is perfect. But, overall, it’s a good newspaper. And they aren’t anti-middle class. In fact, I would argue the opposite. It’s one of the only big media organization in the US that regularly publishes pro-union opinion articles. When was the last time you saw USA today or CNN do that?
Why Unions Are Good for America
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/opinion/uaw-strike-unions.html
Inside Starbucks’ Dirty War Against Organized Labor
The Cost of a Decline in Unions
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/nicholas-kristof-the-cost-of-a-decline-in-unions.html
Workers Should Not Have to Risk Their Lives in Heat Waves
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/opinion/heat-wave-workers-climate.html?searchResultPosition=44
Pay Caitlin Clark What She’s Worth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/opinion/caitlin-clark-wnba-salary.html?searchResultPosition=48
Republicans Assumed a Nebraska Senate Seat Was Safe. Then This Candidate Came Along.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/opinion/nebraska-senate-dan-osborn.html?searchResultPosition=30
The real pro-oligarchy paper is the Wall Street Journal.
The WSJ never published a single opinion article saying good things about labor unions.
WSJ editors are explicitly told that if they do that, they will be fired. This is a direct order from the owner, Rupert Murdoch.
In fact, the WSJ has published countless opinion pieces praising right-to work laws, attacking labor unions, and calling for taxes on the rich to be massively slashed:
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/workers-choice-is-the-way-forward-unions-employees-9847e341
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-right-to-work-rout-1533767899
Joe Biden named Lina Khan, an anti-monopoly activist, to head the FTC.
If you read the NYT, you will find several opinion articles praising Lina Khan for taking on huge corporations:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/opinion/lina-khan-ftc-venture-capital-silicon-valley.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/opinion/lina-khan-antitrust-harris.html
If you read Murdoch’s WSJ, every opinion article attacks Lina Khan and defends huge corporations.
Every. Single. Article.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/lina-khan-ftc-capri-tapestry-merger-antitrust-5a3627c1
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-ftc-goes-evidence-free-lina-khan-pbm-healthcare-14076225
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/lina-khan-federal-trade-commission-amazon-case-e2cce1c5
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/an-unfond-farewell-to-lina-khan-fabbf799
184·29 days agoNope. I’m definitely not a bot.
I regularly post a lot of articles from some websites, but you will notice my patterns can be extremely irregular. There are some articles that I don’t find interesting/attractive, so I just don’t share them.
However, I do find the rise of sophisticated bots worrying.
I’m posting an absolute shit ton of content to support Lemmy.
You aren’t the first one to notice :)
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They are not Bezos-rich, but for Charlottesville, Virginia, they are rich.
But they are rich homeowners. This isn’t vilification. It’s just a description.
You got me.
I should have read the rules more carefully next time. I will delete it!!
As part of her climate change plan, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pedestrianizing streets, building bike lanes, and planting trees. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions, reduce traffic noise and make the city more able to resist heat.
She has been very aggressive and upset some car drivers. But the results are starting to pay off.
35·2 months agoIt’s a tram/light rail project meant to connect a large island in Eastern Helsinki with downtown. The most significant part are 3 new bridges that only carry trams, cyclists and pedestrians.
The tram will start operation in 2027, but the bridges are opened for pedestrian traffic as they are completed. The next one should be finished later this summer.
Here’s a short video of the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTW2VIf5k0I
15·2 months agoMany politicians are fools. Mayor Ed Gainey is no fool.
I’m genuinely impressed. He said that he would reduce traffic deaths and injuries. And he actually delivered. Props to the guy and his team 👏.
My city has a lot of accidents. Our mayor doesn’t care : /
His policy toward Israel was a disaster. I will not defend that.