The Times Tries Very Hard Not to Talk About Biden’s Latest Gaffe
22nd May 2020
Kevin Williamson puts the boot in.
The New York Times report on Joe Biden’s insistence that some black voters “ain’t black” is a truly remarkable piece of non-journalism. The trouble to which Astead W. Herndon and his editors went to avoid looking at the story head-on is remarkable if only from a purely compositional point of view.
The bombshell line is mentioned in the lead and then followed by . . . paragraphs of tax-policy details.