{"id":5919,"date":"2016-12-27T04:18:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T04:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/12\/27\/if-the-new-york-times-were-a-serious-newspaper\/"},"modified":"2016-12-27T04:18:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T04:18:14","slug":"if-the-new-york-times-were-a-serious-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/12\/27\/if-the-new-york-times-were-a-serious-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"If <i>The New York Times<\/i> were a serious newspaper . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">. . .it would start by recognizing that Trump is a remarkable leader and that this is a new phenomenon. Then it would try to explore and understand the differences between the old order and the world Trump is trying to create. 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