
They still call their national newspaper USA Today, but on some days, the front page looks more like “LGBTQIA Today.” On October 6, the bold top headline was “When Libs of TikTok posts, threats increasingly follow.” The author is Will Carless, whose beat is “Extremism.” Beware, that beat is almost always just “Right-Wing Extremism.” That’s how they define the wildly successful Twitter account of Libs of TikTok, operated by Chaya Raichik. (She trolled them by happily posing with their hit piece.)In a front-page text box, USA Today warned this account is a “creator of, and a force multiplier for, right-wing outrage.” It’s a “hive of conservative politicians, media personalities, and far-right online influencers.” With badly disguised propaganda like this story, that can be reversed: USA Today is a creator of, and a force multiplier for, left-wing outrage. Carless came to the “hive” o …