Journamalism: Somehow, an awful lot of people very confused about what their job is wind up writing for the New York Times—or maybe not: maybe the purpose of the New York Times is to elect Donald Trump president again to keep the taxes of the Sulzburgers low:

Parker Molloy: What’s Up with the New York Times: ‘New York Times economics reporter Talmon Joseph Smith wrote, “Hung out at a low-key dinner party kind of thing with my girlfriend and some friends. All highly educated. All had no idea what the CHIPS Act was, what the [Inflation Reduction Act] did, or a clear memory of the [American Rescue Plan]. Sure, they’re not swing voters in a swing state, but the Biden Econ team has a LOT of work to do!” When people responded to him by reminding him that he is literally a Times economics reporter, he pushed back on the idea that it was somehow his job to educate the public about various policies, saying that it would amount to “PR” for Biden…. [But] shouldn’t their lack of knowledge send a message to the Times that maybe it isn’t doing enough to educate the public about what’s happening in the world? If stories aren’t sticking in people’s minds, maybe they’re not getting the right placement in the paper, maybe they’re not being written about enough, and so on… <readtpa.com/p/whats-up-…>