Independent journalist Jeryl Bier noted the Times’ account of the incident tweeting, “Wow! ‘exchanging words’!” along with a lengthy Twitter thread that dissected the New York Times’ own reporting on Blake’s shooting. While the paper originally acknowledged that Blake was holding a knife during his confrontation with the police, this latest piece omitted that detail. Bier tweeted “Jan. 5, @NYTimes: ‘Mr. Blake had admitted to holding a knife… switching it from one hand to another… and … Mr. Blake had turned toward an officer w/ the knife immediately before he was shot.’ Jul 25, NYTimes: ‘Blake was shot in the back after exchanging words w/ the police’”While the New York Times story from January 5 did acknowledge that Blake was armed at the time of his shooting, it did not acknowledge that this came from Blake’s own admission. Instead, it quoted police officials claiming Blake to have been armed as well as Blake’s attorney Benjamin Crump denying the claim. The paper also previously claimed that Blake was unarmed prior to further investigation. Bier called out the Times for what he referred to as a “bias of omission.” Writing “Yet the @nytimes has completely ignored the story & interview, despite writing articles about Blake before and after the January 14th interview.”
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