What's the matter with the New York Times? David Leonhardt goes on the defensive

 

David, I realize your focus here is on presidential elections, but that doesn't excuse overlooking the 2022 midterms polling debacle, when Robert Cahaly snookered hundreds of reporters into covering a non-existent 'Red Wave".  It was an outbreak of journalistic malpractice.

Headline:  New York Times, 9/17/2024

Fanatasy polls @trafalgar_group 

Including the New York Times' Shane Goldmacher.

New York Times, 10/25/2022 (two weeks before the election)

Some have speculated that voters, who polls show are generally unhappy about the direction of the nation, have no one to blame but Democrats in those states. Others have hypothesized that abortion — the issue that Democrats have used to mobilize the party base and win over moderate women — is less salient in states that have enacted their own abortion protections. 

“In a blue state, where you hear no stories of anyone getting prohibited from getting an abortion, it just doesn't play,” Mr. Frias [Republican national committeeman in Rhode Island] said.

I hope that Mr. Frias was served up a well-desrved plate of crow.

Live by the polls, die by the polls

2024

Trafalgar lead pollster Robert Cahaly releases another GOP wet dream fantasy poll.  It's his specialty..  (9/16)

Apparently, Jonathan Draeger moonlights as Robert Cahalys publicist.  (9/10)

Dear Newsweek: Please place an election season embargo on Trafalgar polls.  They are nothing more than a GOP wet dream.  Just like 2022.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (9/1)

Dear Eric Mack:  Remember the so-called 2022 Red Wave?  Trafalgar polls are nothing but a GOP wet dream.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (9/1) 

Remember 2022?  Well, here they go again!  (8/30)

Trafalgar's Robert Cahaly:  Just what you'd expect from a "pollster" who promoted a nonexistent "Red Wave" in 2022

Dear Sean Hannity:  Trafalgar's Robert Cahaly deals in GOP wet-dream fantasies.  If he sez Trump is up 2 in Georgia, he's actually down 5.  Best, Retiring Guy.  (8/2/2024)

Are the pollsters and political reporters making the same rush to judgment they did in 2022?  (6/10)

December 2023

Best to take any poll from Trafalgar with a grain of salt.  (12/6)

November 2023

America's most pilloried pollster thinks Republican's bad night in Virginia won't tarnish Glenn Youngkin.  (11/8)

October 2023

The only trend here is Robert Cahaly being WRONG WRONG WRONG like he was in 2022.  (10/29)

February 2023

Trafalgar leaves deep and lasting stain on polling profession with off-the-charts dreadful performance in 2022 midterms.  (2/13)

 

January 2023

RULE #1: Never take a Trafalgar poll at face valve (RNC chair election edition).  (1/27/2023)

RULE #1:  Never take a Trafalgar poll at face valve (Border security edition).  (1/27/2023)

RULE #1:  Never take a Trafalgar poll at face value (RNC edition).  (1/26/2023)

Day 61 of Robert C. Cahaly's self-imposed exile.  (1/7/2023)

FiveThirtyEight reports Trafalgar poll with a straight face.  (1/6/2023)

December 2022

In a year when conservative pollsters tried to drive the election narrative, Politico sez "HOORAY " for polls.  (12/31/2022)
Rule #1: Never cite a Trafalgar poll to bolster your argument.  (12/24/2022)

November 2022

And then there were those Trafalgar fantasy polls.  (11/21/2022)

Since Election Day, we have been listening to 'The Sounds of Silence" by Robert C. Cahaly.  (11/16/2022)

Looking forward to Trafalgar's first fantasy poll of the 2024 GOP presidential campaign shit show.  (11/16/2022)

Governor's race in Arizona.  (11/16/2022)

Governor's race in Colorado.  (11/16/2022)

Governor's race in New York.  (11/15/2022)

Governor's rate in Michigan.  (11/11/2022)

Governor's race in Minnesota.  (11/16/2022)

Governor's race in Minnesota.  (11/16/2022)

Governor's race in Pennsylvania.  (11/14/2022)

Governor's race in Wisconsin.  (11/14/2022)

Senate race in Arizona.  (11/15/21022)

Senate race in Colorado.  (11/14/2022)

Senate race in Nevada.  (11/15/2022)

Senate race in New Hampshire.  (11/14/2022)

Senate race in Pennsylvania.  (11/14/2022)

Senate race in Vermont.  (11/11/2022)

Senate race in Washington.  (11/11/2022)

What's the matter with The New York Times?

September 2024

Like when they're on acid!  (9/1)

August 2024

British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan sums up the sins of The New York Times.  (8/31)

July 2024

Political reporters continue to amaze with their transcription skills.  (8/7/2024)

Just when you thought the New York Times political reporting couldn't get any worse.  (7/24)

Welcome to the Club!  New York Times Shawn McCreesh is Trump's latest victim of The Art of the Con.  (7/18)

Peter Baker conducts a master class in false equivalency.  (7/16)

June 2024

But it's OK for a serial liar, unregenerate fraud, wannabe authoritarian, and convicted felon to run for president.  (6/28)

New York Times might as well be on Trump's payroll. (YOU'RE HIRED!).  (6/28)

New York Times works overtime to normalize the 2024 presidential election.  (6/26)

Are the pollsters and political reporters making the same rush to judgment they did in 2022?  (6/10)

May 2024

Apparently, the New York Times is still focused on Donald Trump's "family man" defense.  (5/16)

Four New York Times reporters promote "family man" defense for Donald Trump in hush-money trial. (5/4)

New York Times courtroom reporters party like it's a black-and-white Raymond Burr Perry Mason festival.  (5/3)

When it comes to framing the 2024 presidential election, Peter Baker and the New York

April 2024

The New York Times perfects the technique of bending over backwards for Donald Trump.  (4/18)

10 -- count 'em -- 10 New York Times reporters help Trump pan for campaign gold.  (4/15)

New York Times, 4/12/2024, page A10:  Doomsday double bill.  (4/12)

Once again, a New York Times headline writer misses the mark. (4/1)

March 2024

Leave it to the New York Times to come up with an incorrect and exceedingly lame headline.  (3/8)

February 2024

Meet Natalie Brumfield, New York Times go-to for positives about Alabama Supreme Court decision on embryos.  (2/23)

January 2024

 Times get it terribly wrong.  (1/25)

2023

New York Times reporter Peter Baker ignores Jennifer Rubin's admonition to mainstream media.  (10/3)

2019

Like many others, New York Times reporter Peter Baker got snookered by William Barr's 4-page summary.  (4/19)

2018

Dear Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, Next time please interview someone who doesn't have an ax to grind. (10/31)