At Justice #Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html #SCOTUS
This is an example of NYT really being disingenuous, really upping the temperature with sensationalized stories as it promotes a meaning that's sensational and clickbaity whole giving short shrift to the longstanding and common meaning.
The upside down flag is a sign of general distress, adapted by people across communities with various perspectives and causes.
They might as well say that the wearing of pants is a symbol adapted by right wingers.
This is the sort of thing that needs to be called out in #journalism these days. It's not helpful, and it causes people to lose trust in journalistic institutions.
#NYT needs to do better, for the sake of society.
@jchyip if nothing else, a sign of general distress simply represents the sense that so many of us have that things are pretty screwy in the country right now.
But news reports say there had been a lot of drama in the neighborhood, with different neighbors putting up their own signs.
There's no reason to jump to more sensational conclusions when the simpler explanations suffice.
@volkris A judge is considering a case about X. The spouse of that judge displays a symbol that has a particular meaning in the context of X. The simplest explanation is that the symbol was about X. That this was just a freak coincidence is a less simple explanation.
@jchyip you see how you had to get more complicated to draw up the supposedly simpler explanation?
No, it's not a simpler explanation, as you are illustrating by having bring in all of that extra narrative to make your claim!
And that's not even getting into whether your story is actually true. It's just showing how it's more complicated to arrive at your conclusion.
