The nation's paper of record downplayed the 'No Kings" protests while urging Democrats to move toward the center to defeat Trump, all the while ignoring the GOP's attempt to undermine election integrity.

EDITED to note: I did not realize when I posted this that it was actually written in October, 2025 about an older NYT op-ed, because the complaint is exactly the same. Fresh off the current NYT article linked here, I happened to see this in the sidebar of the Common Dreams article about Saturday’s (March 28, 2026) protests and assumed it was about the current NYT op-ed. My error. Thanks to @AmidFuror@fedia.io for pointing it out.

For those who haven’t read it, this is the NYT article in question. I should note that the author gets thoroughly schooled in the comments:

A Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around – by Jeremy W. Peters for the NYT

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(I am aware this site has problems, but it has the content. If you have a better archive link, please post it)

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Thank you for this response. It is exactly what I was interested in understanding. I’m not interested in journalist shaming through critical op-eds, and I did not see this article in that light. I saw it as NYT shaming, and I’m not alone because the comments on the NYT piece I linked are filled with the exact same ideas.

    Also, you should know that it has been pointed out to me that this Common Dreams article I posted is actually from last October: I saw it on a sidebar for Saturday’s march, but it was so au courant to the latest tepid NYT coverage that I mistakenly assumed that that was the NYT article it was talking about, and even linked it. (I have edited the post body to correct my error.)

    No, it’s that over multiple No Kings turnouts the NYT has never changed its game: the criticisms it makes in October are just as applicable to NYT coverage of No Kings today. That’s why I didn’t spot it. And NYT does it across the board, editorializing headlines and minimizing counts, to the point I just switch to international reporting to get the real story on No Kings, ICE, and anything that looks like real resistance.

    I also did not downvote either of your comments: I asked a question, you answered it, fair enough. But this is the one I was looking for.