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40. I'm not here to critique the Times

Thu Apr 20, 2017, 01:52 PM

Apr 2017

The purpose of my post was to point out the fact that there were 16 fewer players in 2017 relative to 2015. What people want to think about the Times is their business. I have zero fucks to give on that front.

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Trump: NY Times 'Caught in a Big Lie' Over Patriots Photos [View all] DonViejo Apr 2017 OP

Dear Lord burnbaby Apr 2017 #1

In the meantime, Trump has more warships heading toward N.K. than Obama. Must win something nikibatts Apr 2017 #66

perfect response! n/t deek Apr 2017 #74

The most thin skinned, self conscious man in the world Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #2

+1 nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #11

If he had self respect he'd Hayduke Bomgarte Apr 2017 #50

i remain in awe of the magnitude of just how incredibly childish this guy is. unblock Apr 2017 #3

The NY Times did screw this up oberliner Apr 2017 #4

They are purposely tweeking him now. MGKrebs Apr 2017 #7

I think you're right. Ilsa Apr 2017 #65

Do you work for the NYT? SCVDem Apr 2017 #8

Nope oberliner Apr 2017 #32

Well, considering there's 52 players on a team and only 2 no-shows for Obama ... mr_lebowski Apr 2017 #75

We look bad? Who's we? leftynyc Apr 2017 #13

Reasonable human beings oberliner Apr 2017 #26

I'll agree it makes the Times look bad leftynyc Apr 2017 #35

No - they are trolling him BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #16

I couldn't help but laugh at his peevishness. I don't blame NYT. It's fun to fk with him, notdarkyet Apr 2017 #20

The NY Times shouldn't be in the business of trolling oberliner Apr 2017 #30

Note the "rules" of social media aren't really translatable to published articles. BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #68

The tweet was both sloppy and inaccurate oberliner Apr 2017 #72

Again, you seem to miss the trolling part BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #77

NYT Sports editor Jason Stallman took full responsibility for the questionable tweet. oberliner Apr 2017 #78

That account is not the main NYT twitter account BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #80

My only point was that it was a screw up by the NY Times oberliner Apr 2017 #81

No it wasn't a "screw up" by the NY Times BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #82

Yes, it was oberliner Apr 2017 #85

You completely missed the point of what I wrote BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #88

I get that you think the NY Times Sports editor was trolling Trump oberliner Apr 2017 #89

"Trolling" by its very nature often mocks BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #93

The NY Times sports editor admitted he screwed up oberliner Apr 2017 #96

The fact that he took the time to tweet what he did initially BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #97

OK oberliner Apr 2017 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #79

The hell they screwed up. Trump's crowd is small. Obama's was big. Achilleaze Apr 2017 #18

They screwed up oberliner Apr 2017 #27

Where's superstar Tom Brady & the other 33 Patriots? Achilleaze Apr 2017 #37

Brady didn't go when Obama was POTUS either oberliner Apr 2017 #53

Brady was with his mother who has cancer and is not doing well. former9thward Apr 2017 #54

well, let's compare this to the full pic from 2015 Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #84

The full pictures show the same number of people oberliner Apr 2017 #87

fine, but did they intentionally mislead or just were sloppy here? Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #94

Here's the quote from the NY Times Sports editor who sent the tweet oberliner Apr 2017 #95

34 fewer madokie Apr 2017 #43

Not true oberliner Apr 2017 #60

My leftist heart bleeds for him Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #48

I think it hurts the fight against Trump oberliner Apr 2017 #61

I'm quite certain you allege it hurts. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #90

I do think stuff like this hurts Democrats oberliner Apr 2017 #92

Did you see what they wrote? "Patriot's turnout" not the players adigal Apr 2017 #59

You may be right that they were trolling him oberliner Apr 2017 #62

I agree, if only cause it allows Trump to pretend he misunderstood adigal Apr 2017 #63

It's important to remember that these people get their "news" from Sean Hannity oberliner Apr 2017 #64

They reported accurately Bradical79 Apr 2017 #67

No they didn't oberliner Apr 2017 #73

How exactly did they screw up? I don't get it at all. Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #83

They made a comparison between photos oberliner Apr 2017 #86

In all seriousness the NYTimes exboyfil Apr 2017 #5

Yes, exactly oberliner Apr 2017 #55

I agree also Kathy M Apr 2017 #57

The NYT mercuryblues Apr 2017 #6

Maybe but.... machoneman Apr 2017 #10

For someone so obsessed with crowd sizes you'd think they'd have staged that better underpants Apr 2017 #9

Just fill the south portico stairs with staffers. I'm sure near-sighted Easter Bunny needs a gig... Cooley Hurd Apr 2017 #21

The jackass has nothing better to do than to obsess over a New Times article? C Moon Apr 2017 #12

Here are some facts BannonsLiver Apr 2017 #14

Then they should've contrasted two photos of just the players oberliner Apr 2017 #29

I'm not here to critique the Times BannonsLiver Apr 2017 #40

"So once again, Fuck Trump and the horse he rode in on." LenaBaby61 Apr 2017 #49

Nothing wrong with the truth, still. Thank you, BannonsLiver! n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2017 #69

It's tough to count, but I counted 50 people (give or take one or two) in yesterday's picture, and.. George II Apr 2017 #15

Apples and oranges. onenote Apr 2017 #22

Even the Patriots, in their tweet, acknowledge that there were "over" (let's say approximately).... George II Apr 2017 #23

Here's the full team/staff in 2017 photo onenote Apr 2017 #31

When you have a photo, why use "roughly", "about", "more than" etc. rickford66 Apr 2017 #41

I didn't do an exact count, not easy to do with either of those pictures. Give it a try. George II Apr 2017 #44

I didn't mean to criticize you, sorry. rickford66 Apr 2017 #45

Thanks. As best I could count there were 50 in yesterday's picture and somewhere in the order of... George II Apr 2017 #47

It's pretty clear from the full team/staff photo that there were more than 40 staffers attending onenote Apr 2017 #52

So the white house staff knows how important these images are to Trump greymattermom Apr 2017 #17

Maybe they didn't want to be seen with him on the steps? And where was "Danny"? ... George II Apr 2017 #24

More than half of the team were no-shows Blue Idaho Apr 2017 #19

I suppose NBC Sports is lying too, eh donny? George II Apr 2017 #25

Basically he is insane. And has nukes. Voltaire2 Apr 2017 #28

Under Obama the Staffers WANTED to be seen in the pix. And fewer players did show up. KittyWampus Apr 2017 #33

Basically it comes down to this: Are 45's lips moving? Is he tweeting? truthisfreedom Apr 2017 #34

Such a small little man NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #36

This is the biggest issue we face today? davsand Apr 2017 #38

Poor widdle rich baby, just wants massive amounts of love. lark Apr 2017 #39

Why does Trump draw attention to the fact that fewer Patriots showed up for him... Kaleva Apr 2017 #42

Deapite his racist comments, he wants to be Obama Dammit Jim Apr 2017 #46

Not exactly a "BIG LIE". Few people actually care about this event, even less the size of photo-ops Freethinker65 Apr 2017 #51

Such a small, petty little man JDC Apr 2017 #56

there is a pic on twitter of the helmet Obama got signed by all: Helmit to Trump has NO riversedge Apr 2017 #58

All this really says is Kraft is a nice boss. bluedigger Apr 2017 #70

what a freaking loser onetexan Apr 2017 #71

My God is he 3 months old? For fucks sake, shut the asshole up already. onecaliberal Apr 2017 #76

Who cares about a photo? itcfish Apr 2017 #91