As far as I know, it was broken by New York Magazine- I'm not exactly sure where they fall on the left/right spectrum, but I'm not aware of them being far right.
Unfortunately, when the right complains about media bias, they're not always wrong. The Hunter Biden laptop is the biggest recent example. I've wondered, on that one, whether the msm in general is just wary of covering scandals related to politicians' children, as they seem to be doing a replay in underreporting Kushner's ties to the Saudis.
I think the main stream media stopped reporting on Biden's son when Trump's son in law came home with pockets full of dirty money from the Saudi Royal Family. The Trump's didn't even try to hide it.
One story in a notorious scandal rag makes the accusations tentative at the very least and dubious at best. It is very easy to cast a shadow. Ask yourself who benefits from this story. That is a good place to begin gathering some facts to be able to make an assessment of the story’s validity. To say, on the reporting in one story from the NYPost, that “BLM has been exposed as a total grift at this point” is, perhaps, putting too much faith in the NYPost.
The story was broken by right-wing propaganda, and apart form the NY Magazine story, all the reporting in from right wing propaganda. A small non-profit with a $200,000 annual budget suddenly became a large-scale operation, taking in $90 million in 2020 and bought a $6 million house in California. (They got a pretty good deal on that house, BTW). They did nothing illegal. We can disagree with their strategic spending priorities, but on the other hand, their actions were pretty typical of people who find they have won the lottery when they did not even buy a ticket. Hopefully, they have hired a non-profit expert to help them reorganize.
Mea culpa. However, the story did lack substance using language that was not specific. There was no content to present possible differing interpretations and view points. I stand by the criticism that there is very likely a reason such a story has not, to my knowledge, been covered by more substantial news organizations.
I also think there is a reason, but probably not the reason you're thinking. I haven't seen any reporting, or even any comment from the people in the story, that disputes the reported facts. They're putting a spin on it, to be sure (Yes, we bought the $6 million mansion, but it was for a really good reason!), but they're not disputing the facts, to my knowledge.
Another example:
How many people following main stream outlets thought it was remotely possible Kyle Rittenhouse would be acquitted? Everyone makes editorial decisions, what they choose and choose not to cover, and how they cover it. Everyone has subscribers and advertisers to answer to. The MSM knows its audience.
I'm not trying to argue they're as bad as outlets like the NY Post or Fox News, because I absolutely don't think they are, but they're not perfect, and they do leave their audience less informed than they could be from time to time.
Reporters can be very frustrated by the editorial decisions. I know cause I’ve worked there and sometimes tore out my hair in frustration. But there’s more than different points of view in play now. The right has been building professional blind outrage at the other. The left have screamers, too, but they are not as organized or well funded…. Or we’ll armed. L'And they don’t want to kill people for disagreeing with them like the red hats.
Why wouldn’t WaPo or NYT report on it? Could it be that the accusations don’t pass the fact-checking test? Where do you get your info from?
As far as I know, it was broken by New York Magazine- I'm not exactly sure where they fall on the left/right spectrum, but I'm not aware of them being far right.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6-million-dollar-house.html
Unfortunately, when the right complains about media bias, they're not always wrong. The Hunter Biden laptop is the biggest recent example. I've wondered, on that one, whether the msm in general is just wary of covering scandals related to politicians' children, as they seem to be doing a replay in underreporting Kushner's ties to the Saudis.
I think the main stream media stopped reporting on Biden's son when Trump's son in law came home with pockets full of dirty money from the Saudi Royal Family. The Trump's didn't even try to hide it.
One story in a notorious scandal rag makes the accusations tentative at the very least and dubious at best. It is very easy to cast a shadow. Ask yourself who benefits from this story. That is a good place to begin gathering some facts to be able to make an assessment of the story’s validity. To say, on the reporting in one story from the NYPost, that “BLM has been exposed as a total grift at this point” is, perhaps, putting too much faith in the NYPost.
The link is not to a story from the NY Post. It’s NY Magazine.
The story was broken by right-wing propaganda, and apart form the NY Magazine story, all the reporting in from right wing propaganda. A small non-profit with a $200,000 annual budget suddenly became a large-scale operation, taking in $90 million in 2020 and bought a $6 million house in California. (They got a pretty good deal on that house, BTW). They did nothing illegal. We can disagree with their strategic spending priorities, but on the other hand, their actions were pretty typical of people who find they have won the lottery when they did not even buy a ticket. Hopefully, they have hired a non-profit expert to help them reorganize.
Mea culpa. However, the story did lack substance using language that was not specific. There was no content to present possible differing interpretations and view points. I stand by the criticism that there is very likely a reason such a story has not, to my knowledge, been covered by more substantial news organizations.
I also think there is a reason, but probably not the reason you're thinking. I haven't seen any reporting, or even any comment from the people in the story, that disputes the reported facts. They're putting a spin on it, to be sure (Yes, we bought the $6 million mansion, but it was for a really good reason!), but they're not disputing the facts, to my knowledge.
Another example:
How many people following main stream outlets thought it was remotely possible Kyle Rittenhouse would be acquitted? Everyone makes editorial decisions, what they choose and choose not to cover, and how they cover it. Everyone has subscribers and advertisers to answer to. The MSM knows its audience.
I'm not trying to argue they're as bad as outlets like the NY Post or Fox News, because I absolutely don't think they are, but they're not perfect, and they do leave their audience less informed than they could be from time to time.
Reporters can be very frustrated by the editorial decisions. I know cause I’ve worked there and sometimes tore out my hair in frustration. But there’s more than different points of view in play now. The right has been building professional blind outrage at the other. The left have screamers, too, but they are not as organized or well funded…. Or we’ll armed. L'And they don’t want to kill people for disagreeing with them like the red hats.