People criticized the Times for their message. “Apparently the media is also not responsible for reviewing their tweets before sending,” one user tweeted.
Another added, “Who did it in the 1800s? The town crier?”
“Ah yes famously the first line of the constitution “We the broadcasters,”” one user added.
“The media who hates Trump and has shown their bias thinks they’re the ones who should declare the President? It must be nice to think you’re more important than reporting the news,” Tim Young told Fox News. “Now they’re trying to determine elections.”
After Twitter almost melted in derision, the Gray Lady deleted the tweet and issued a statement.
“Correction: We’ve deleted an earlier tweet that referred imprecisely to the role of the news media in the U.S. presidential election. The news media projects winners and reports results; it does not declare the winner of the election.”
Um… yes. But I’m not impressed by this very obvious statement of “how elections work.”
One user agreed with me. “Imagine being what was once considered the premier newspaper in the entire world and not knowing this before you tweeted it. Has anything fallen further faster?”
The Times doesn’t run the country. They tell us news about the people who do.
Before they can govern America they should first learn how to govern their Twitter feed.
Hat Tip: Fox News