A New York Times reporter has accused conservatives of “weaponizing” the First Amendment in an article presented on the front page of the newspaper.
Sunday’s edition of the Times featured a piece by Adam Liptak titled “How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment” which, while it clearly spewed the reporter’s opinion, was not marked as such by the publication.
When I saw this headline on twitter, I assumed it was opinion. Nope. And it’s on the front page. pic.twitter.com/hn9TAXEqjq
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) July 1, 2018
Conservatives have allegedly used free speech to justify “discrimination against gay couples” and “unlimited campaign spending,” according to Liptak who is clearly bothered by conservatives winning Supreme Court cases on First Amendment grounds.
Conservative groups, borrowing and building on arguments developed by liberals, have used the First Amendment to justify unlimited campaign spending, discrimination against gay couples and attacks on regulation https://t.co/3QBUPJC5vc pic.twitter.com/lPDGwxFSKG
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) June 30, 2018
“Some liberals now say that free speech disproportionately protects the powerful and the status quo,” Liptak asserted, further claiming that conservatives are only now championing free speech because it supports their policy goals.
The article’s obvious viewpoint, not marked by the Times as an op-ed, raised many eyebrows.
Everyone is correct about how bad this anti-free speech NYT piece is, but the larger question I have is: why is being run as *an article*? It’s rather clearly an op-ed. https://t.co/kKX7KLLdp2
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 1, 2018
“How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment”
You’re telling me that’s an objective, verifiable fact, NYT? Are you kidding me?
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 1, 2018
This NYTimes op ed about “weaponized” free speech somehow manages to crudely misrepresent every opinion on free speech held by every faction in play in American politics. It is a diamond of failure glinting horribly from every perspective.https://t.co/Z3qWWtHOBg
— Rob Beschizza (@Beschizza) July 1, 2018
NOTHING is funnier than a super-biased media outlet complaining about “weaponized” free speech. Ahem: your flop sweat is showing. https://t.co/l7ItvHUhCL
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) July 1, 2018
How Use of the Passive Voice Was Weaponized by the Left in Portraying Free Speech as a Conservative Weapon Rather than a Shield Against Progressive Ideological Tyranny pic.twitter.com/alwFNtof4m
— Benjamin Weingarten (@bhweingarten) July 1, 2018
“How Free Speech Is Being Used as a Weapon by Conservatives”
I can’t believe this is a real headline in @nytimes. Really, whatever happened to the free speech absolutism of @ACLU, NYT, and others? And the notion that the best antidote to bad speech is more speech?— Melissa Braunstein (@slowhoneybee) July 1, 2018
And now liberals hate free speech.
— LessYouKnow (@GrippleDeGrap) June 30, 2018
Yikes! This isn’t even an oped. What a bad look for the NYT
— ParksDept (@parks_dept) July 1, 2018
I have canceled my subscription to the New York Times
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 1, 2018
A business that is dependent upon First Amendment protections is now down on the First Amendment.
These are the Crazy Years.
— Will Collier (@willcollier) July 1, 2018
Hard to imagine an above the fold article in the New York Times running down free speech. But there it is in black and white.
— Populo Iratus (@cmahar3) July 1, 2018
$6.00 for a newspaper? Talk about weaponizing the First Amendment . . .
— Jim Rusert (@eastkoy) July 1, 2018
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