There's a lot of re-litigating of 2016 going on on Twitter right now, and we cats couldn't be less interested. We mean, puh-leeze — if the last two years under Trump haven't taught us how bad things can get and how important it is that Democrats unite, what will, ya know?
So let's not fight among ourselves. However, let us definitely call out bad journalism when we see it.
Specifically, let's call out The New York Times for its embarrassing story today about Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress. In attempting to foment continued angst between the Hillary and Bernie camps — which is what we can only imagine the point of the article was about — the Times humiliated itself by racing to Tanden's mother for less-than-flattering quotes.
Turns out that Maya Tanden, nearing 80, didn't know what "on the record" meant, which is solid proof that the reporters didn't explain it properly. Mom Tanden has since put out a statement saying that the Times reporters should be ashamed of themselves. And yeah, we cats, who usually support journalists no matter what, have to agree.
What we mean to say is that we read the article this morning over breakfast and were disgusted by it. Sorry, but for serious national journalists to profile a female CEO of a major Washington think tank and run to Mommy for quotes is just freaking weird.
Would the Times have asked a male CEO's mom for comment? We don't think so. We New York Times subscribers are not happy, and we HISS.
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