NYT Changes Headline After Leftist Blowback

This week, the New York Times ran a front-page article with the headline “Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism.”  Under a picture of an El Paso memorial, the NYT continued “A National Outcry Over Extremism.”

This seems like a relatively reasonable headline.  President Trump addressed the country Monday night, following the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton this past weekend.

President Trump called out “white supremacy” by name Monday and urged the nation to condemn it with one voice in the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and the racist manifesto authorities believe the suspect posted shortly beforehand.

“In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy.  These sinister ideologies must be defeated.  Hate has no place in America,” the president said in a speech Monday in the White House Diplomatic room.

If it sounds like President Trump urged unity and decried racism in his speech, just like the New York Times headline said, it’s because President Trump urged unity and decried racism in his speech, just like the headline said.

However, the left can’t handle the truth, because it doesn’t fit their narrative. (And they don’t believe President Trump was sincere about his statement, anyway.)  Cue the outrage:

It got bad enough that the hashtag #CancelNYT is trending on Twitter.

But don’t worry, the New York Times stuck to its principals like the objective news outlet it is, and didn’t cave to the outrage mob.

Just kidding.

Instead, the New York Times changed its headline to appease the haters.  “Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism” became “Assailing Hate But Not Guns.”  “A National Outcry Over Extremism” became “Backlash to Extremism Pressures President.”

It’s pretty unbelievable, albeit not surprising, that this is what’s considered “objective journalism” in 2019.  Way to go, New York Times.