Jill Abramson, Ex-New York Times Editor: The 'Narcissistic' NYT Is Making 'Horrible Mistakes,'

[brooklynite]

Daily Beast:

It may not have been the tweet heard ’round the world, but it was certainly heard—like a thunderclap—at The New York Times’ headquarters at 620 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.

“Kind of pisses me off that @ nytimes is still asking Who Is Ocasio-Cortez? when it should have covered her campaign,” Jill Abramson erupted on Twitter on Wednesday morning—a biting reference to the newspaper’s original headline concerning the 28-year-old socialist’s shocking Democratic primary upset, a landslide actually, over incumbent Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional District.

Indeed, a quick review of the Times’ coverage of the primary race turned up mention of and quotes from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in two news stories prior to Election Night, and a few name-checks in editorials—one of which, published in the June 20 print edition, noted that she’s “a challenger [Crowley] is heavily favored to beat.”

“Missing her rise [is] akin to not seeing Trump’s win coming in 2016,” Abramson added in her tweet—an even more biting reference to the Times’ self-acknowledged failings in the paper’s reporting of the presidential campaign.

[elleng]

1. Today:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Emerges as a Political Star.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bio-profile.html?

Top Democrat’s Defeat Throws Party Leadership Into Turmoil.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/us/politics/democrats-joe-crowley-ocasio-cortez.html?

Not mentioned? Barbara Lee, a stalwart of the left, considering bid for House Democratic leadership.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142097149

[oberliner]

3. A little late to the party

[zipplewrath]

2. Kinda a common problem

They predict failure so they don't cover it. It's extremely frustrating to all campaigns. It's the need to get known in order to get covered, but if you aren't covered you can't get known. Papers and news outlets should make a concerted effort to cover candidates even if they don't have large followings.

[ProfessorPlum]

4. great comment