The New York Times is under fire for politicizing displays of the American flag over Independence Day weekend.
The article titled “A Fourth of July Symbol of Unity That May No Longer Unite” comes weeks after the company was forced to defend an editorial writer who said she was “really disturbed” to see Old Glory flown by Trump supporters.
“Today, flying the American flag from the back of a pickup truck or over a lawn is increasingly seen as a clue, albeit an imperfect one, to a person’s political affiliation in a deeply divided nation,” the Times tweeted.
Sarah Maslin Nir wrote Saturday that Trump supporters embrace the flag “so fervently” that leftists have “all but ceded the national emblem to the right.”
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