News Brief: Boudin Recall Coverage and how the NYT Sells 'Tough on Crime' Dogma to Squishy Liberals

Published: June 8, 2022, 3:50 p.m.

In this News Brief, we examine two New York Times articles\u2014one about Chesa Boudin and one about Eric Adams\u2014and how they serve as object lessons in how liberal outlets repackaging 1990s-era Tough on Crime dogma as sophisticated, sanitized, and progressive.