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Trump indictment and the problem with journalists writing for the history books

Trump indictment and the problem with journalists writing for the history books

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Apr 04, 2023
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The NYT front page on the morning after Donald Trump's indictment. Peter Baker's story is just under the lead, to the right of the page

Journalists can be acerbic about each other’s work, sometimes with reason.

So to Jonathan M Katz’s tweet about the lead para of The New York Times’ story (paywall) below the lead on Donald Trump’s indictment. He calls it “a dogshit lede”.

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