This tweet:
We say: President Biden’s cynical claim that his $3.5 trillion spending plan won’t cost anything has got to take the cake. Even Democrats call it a “$3.5 trillion” plan — because it’s expected to cost, uh . . . $3.5 trillion.
Spot the difference:
“The images of agents on horseback chasing, and in some cases using the reins of their horses to strike at running migrants . . . ”
— The New York Times, Sept. 24
“Images of Border Patrol agents on horseback waving their reins while pushing migrants back . . .”
— The New York Times, Sept. 24
We say: Publish first, get facts later. That’s the apparent policy at the “paper of record.” After the Times reported in a news story that Border Patrol agents were striking migrants, based on a picture — but with no confirmation — the photographer said he saw no agent strike migrants. The Gray Lady later admitted its fake news: “The Times has not seen conclusive evidence that migrants were struck with the reins,” it said in a correction. But the damage was done; President Biden even said the agents will “pay.”
This story:
We say: You’re forgiven for thinking this is a spoof of wokesters, because it sure reads like one. But it apparently isn’t. The authors of this drivel have compared in thousands of tortured words the plot and themes within Star Wars to the social-justice movement in an utterly bizarre bid to prove how inappropriate it is. Yet who cares what the acronym is and whether some people find it offensive? These authors are truly from a galaxy far, far away.
This journal cover:
We say: Readers understandably wondered why a leading medical journal doesn’t know that “bodies with vaginas” are known as, uh . . . women. And why the publication uses a double standard, not referring to men as “bodies with penises.” Backlash forced an apology from editor-in-chief Richard Horton, but not without calls for greater attention to “menstrual shame” and “period poverty.”
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board