jaxn

Product Manager @ Meta | Graduate of Chicago Booth & Vanderbilt

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

@CTVNews Thought this was the @TheBabylonBee at first

[Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 @MarinaMedvin]

The New York Times coverage of the Gaza-Israel war was grossly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel, according to a peer-reviewed study. Jewish casualties were omitted or minimized while Palestinian casualties were amplified and misrepresented.

Yale University Professor Edieal Pinker published the review in the an academic journal Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. His peer-reviewed research quantitatively evaluated 1,559 New York Times articles published between October 7, 2023, and June 7, 2024, to assess potential narrative imbalances.

The study found that:

- 91% of the analyzed articles failed to mention Israeli casualties that occurred after October 7.

- 1,423 articles completely omitted mentions of both Israeli post-Oct. 7 casualties and Hamas combatant deaths.

- 50% of the articles did not reference the Israeli hostages held by Hamas during the fighting, and 41% omitted mentions of the Israeli casualties from the initial October 7 attack itself.

- Personal stories highlighting Palestinian and Lebanese suffering appeared on average two out of every three days. Comparable accounts of Israeli suffering unrelated directly to the October 7 events appeared in very few articles.

- The word "Israel" appeared 27,205 times across the dataset, compared to just 8,499 mentions of "Hamas," meaning Israel was mentioned more than three times as often. This statistical discrepancy places near-exclusive agency and responsibility on Israel while severely diminishing Hamas's role in sustaining the conflict.

Pinker concluded that these consistent editorial choices cultivated a dominant narrative portraying Israel as the sole aggressor facing few consequences beyond losing international sympathy, while Palestinians were predominantly framed as passive victims. He argues that the coverage deprives readers of a comprehensive understanding of the ongoing combat dynamics and the continuous nature of Israeli losses.

Following the initial release of the study data, The New York Times publicly defended its reporting, claiming it has covered the war with rigor and from all angles. Of course my commentary on their reporting shows that this defense is hot garbage.

The New York Times buried the Holocaust in the back pages and then doubled down on downplaying Jewish suffering after October 7. They are a disgusting business that should be boycotted.

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

@benshapiro @AmiHorowitz Terrifying

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@AOC Shame on you

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

@FranceskAlbs Shame.

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@DenconMedia What about my dog?

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

@AOC Such a cold take.

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@SenWarren You’ve become a caricature of yourself

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

Here’s AOC, saying that regulation is… hurting an industry? Hmm.

[Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @RepAOC]

US sunscreens are far behind the rest of the world and our regulations aren’t necessarily making our sunscreens better or safer — but it doesn’t have to be this way!

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

@SenWarren It’s incredible how wrong you are about this

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@SenWarren No he doesn’t… lol.

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

@AdamSinger 🔥🔥🔥

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@DeanPreston Arresting people for brazenly shooting up and smoking crack on the streets… the audacity!!!!!!

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@growing_daniel That was a joke…

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@TheBabylonBee Pathetic

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@NickFondacaro LOL. This is incredible

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

Has anyone run the numbers on how the energy/environmental costs of Bitcoin compare to those of ChatGPT and/or large language models collectively?

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

@sfchronicle How about prosecute crime

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

Some high quality gas lighting by the SF Chronicle. “911 calls are down.” Surprise surprise, when the police don’t do anything about shop lifting, stores stop calling the police!

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

Westfield mall blamed "rampant criminal activity" for Nordstrom’s closure. Here’s what the data says: https://t.co/eMj03y6qYW

[jaxn @LesserJackson]

@sfchronicle 😂