Are the editors of the New York Times engaged in a violent coup against the government of New York? It depends on the narrator

Trump is escalating his authoritarian violence porn fantasies about Portland to an incredibly lurid degree:

Please keep making podcasts about how democrats need to stop being so condescending about red states

[image or embed]— Michael Hobbes (@michaelhobbes.bsky.social) Oct 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM

At this point, the role of any remotely responsible media would be to make it clear to readers and viewers that absolutely none of this is remotely true and is being used to justify the exercise of arbitrary executive authority.

This is the other kind:

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

[image or embed]— Popehat Agitates And Irritates (@kenwhite.bsky.social) Oct 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM

Imagine if you did this in any other journalistic context "Did the Tigers or Mariners Win Game 5? In Detroit, Depends on the Narrator."

[image or embed]— spooky mental haunted house (@jesseltaylor.bsky.social) Oct 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM

Either they haven’t learned anything, or they’ve learned too well.