Tuesday’s New York Times headline on President Trump’s address to the nation: “Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism.” After criticism, the Times changed it to “Assailing Guns But Not Hate.”
Among the attacks on the Times unity vs. racism headline: “Let this front page serve as a reminder of how white supremacy is aided by–and often relies upon–the cowardice of mainstream institutions,” tweeted Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
How did the Times do today after President Trump left Washington to visit the wounded cities of Dayton and El Paso?
TRUMP USES A DAY OF HEALING TO STOKE DISCORD
The Washington Post:
On arrival, Trump stokes divisions
The Dayton Daily News:
TRUMP: SURVIVORS HAD GOD WATCHING—President meets with injured, responders in Dayton mass shooting
The El Paso Times:
Trump visits prompt anger, debate: Two American cities grapple with grief, yearn for solutions to recent misery
The tabloid approach in the New York Post:
T AND SYMPATHY: Prez visits survivors of mass shootings
The Wall Street Journal:
Trump Visits Grieving Cities As Gun-Control Debate Boils
Courtesy of the Newseum’s daily roundup of newspaper front pages, here are other front page headlines:
Protests greet the president – Arizona Republic
Trump visits grieving cities, and lashes out – Los Angeles Times
Defiant chants as Trump visits Dayton and El Paso – Denver Post
Emotions run high during Trump visits – Hartford Courant
Manifestantes reciben con protestas a Trump en Dayton y El Paso – el Nuevo Herald (Miami)
President visits victims as emotions run high – Orlando Sentinel
Visits to bring comfort also brings out protesters – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Protesters greet Trump – Des Moines Register
Emotions run high in Trump visits – Chicago Tribune
Controversial visits: Trump trips to Dayton, El Paso after shootings divide protesters, supporters – Louisville Courier-Journal
Trump visits Dayton, El Paso – New Orleans Times-Picayune-New Orleans Advocate
Divisions laid bare in Trump visits – Boston Globe
Emotions run high in visits by Trump – Baltimore Sun
Trump faces protests in Ohio, Texas – Bangor Daily News
Amid Trump’s solace: Vitriol – Detroit News
Offering condolences, grievances and barbs – Minneapolis StarTribune
Trump met by protests on visits to Dayton, El Paso – Kansas City Star
CONTENTIOUS GREETING: TRUMP’S TRIP TO GRIEVING CITIES MARKED BY ACRIMONY – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chanting protesters mark Trump visits to Dayton and El Paso – Charlotte Observer
Large protests greet Trump – Lincoln Journal Star
Protesters chant as Trump visits Dayton, El Paso – Concord Monitor
Seeing hurt, and division, firsthand – Newark Star-Ledger
Trump defends ongoing divisive rhetoric – Albuquerque Journal
Trump visits cities of latest mass shootings – Las Vegas Review-Journall
Dems press Trump on gun control – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Trumps travel to Dayton, El Paso: President offers comfort to victims, criticism of rivals in an up-and-down trip – Portland Oregonian
Raw Emotions: Trump visited the cities where 31 people died at the barrel of a gun. He met with firs responders, the injured—and protests and anger – Philadelphia Inquirer
Rancorous reception: President’s visits to Dayton and El Paso met with protests and political attacks – Providence Journal
Candidates confront hate in US: Booker, Biden condemn racist rhetoric in Emanuel AME, Iowa speeches; Angry messages, protests greet president in El Paso, Dayton – Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier
Trump visits prompt anger, debate: Two American cities grapple with grief, yearn for solutions to recent misery – El Paso Times
Handshakes and hostility: Some fault, others welcome Trump visit to El Paso – Dallas Morning News
Pain, questions as Trump visits: The White House says that people in El Paso and Dayton received the president “warmly,”but there is no shortage of protestors holding him responsible for recent tragedies – Salt Lake Tribune
Trump boils over on day of healing – Seattle Times
Trump faces protests during visits: President says his words have not divided country – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Trumps visits shooting survivors: President praises first responders and hospital staff, lashes out at Democrats – Charleston (W.V.) Gazette-Mail
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Some newspaper front pages has no Trump coverage, among them papers in Omaha, Oklahoma City, Boise, Richmond, and Memphis. The San Francisco Chronicle led its front page with Oysters in peril as climate warms
Headlines like the one mentioned are a big part of why, when I read the Washington Post nowadays, I only read the Sports page. It’s a shame, because starting 40 years ago (I was a smart 7th grader who read the papers!) it was my primary source of information for national affairs for many, many years. Through various national political ups and downs, it was still very solid on the news. Then Bezos bought it and made the news divisions use tools like Bandito, and now it reads like a tabloid.
You really ought to write a story about the Post using Bandito. They don’t hide it! I think it is corrosive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2016/02/08/the-washington-post-unveils-new-real-time-content-testing-tool-bandito/?noredirect=on