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This was my subscription cancellation email to the NYT:

To Whom It May Concern:

At the outset, I note the irony of my salutation, for the main reason I have canceled my subscription is that there does not seem to be anyone operating the New York Times who is the least bit concerned about much of anything. That has been obvious to me for some time, but as I viewed my recent bank statement (and saw the recurring monthly payment to your previously reputable publication has crept up to $23 a month), I find I can no longer in good conscience continue to line the pockets of the people who run The Times, especially its nepo-baby publisher. If I want "news" like you have been providing since Trump darkened the doorway of our White House once again, I could just tune into Fox or read the claptrap they post online for free.

The first time I should've canceled my subscription was when it became well known that A. G. Sulzberger ordered that any article about Joe Biden remind readers of his age. Sulzberger denied that, but we know better, now don't we? The second time was on inauguration day of the convicted felon, Donald J. Trump. On that day, The Times actually published a news article with this headline: "Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation About the Meaning of a Hand Gesture.” Only a moron (or someone fearful of potential consequences being imposed by the "dictator only on day one”) would report that as anything other than what it was, a Nazi salute. Twice. We know that because you are not morons, plus the New York Times has in its archives actual footage of and reporting by responsible journalists of Mussolini and Hitler doing exactly what Elon Musk did. Musk did that for the same reason as Hitler, because Elon is a Nazi. And you know that too.

The third reason I canceled is your complete abandonment of responsible reporting in favor of transcription and stenography of anything Trump says. Look at your ridiculous coverage of the tariffs. The lead story in The Times by Swanson and Romm parroted Trump's ludicrous claim that these tariffs are “reciprocal” and were imposed on "dozens of other countries who had treated the United States unfairly.” Please tell us how the penguins that inhabit Heard and McDonald Islands have treated the United States unfairly. In fact, perhaps you can also tell us about what must be a very intricate and unique inter-species economic relationship. I should rethink my position on whether you are morons. Maybe your ignorance is owing to the fact that Paul Krugman isn't around to tell you how stupid you are. But it really doesn't matter, as.the stupidity of Trump is now matched only by your sycophancy of him.

One other thing. When I called to cancel my subscription, I was asked by the man on the other end of the line why I was canceling. After I told him about the Nazi salute thing, he suggested that I provide my specific reasons for cancellation to this email address. The ultimate irony of that is that among your stenography of Trump and repetition of his ridiculous claims that his tariff policies will return jobs to the United States, there was no mention of this fact: the people who man your phones don't live in America, but rather in the Dominican Republic.

Stephen E. Hooper

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Ed Charles's avatar

Patrick Healy has been a hack for a very long time, with multiple hit pieces on Hillary Clinton leading up to the 2016 election. And not just about “but her emails.” Their “bothsidesism” is a front for something a lot more disturbing and duplicitous, IMHO. Thank you for continuing to call them out.

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