Frustrated NYT reporter hits out at 'watered-down' edits to Nick Bosa MAGA column

Award-winning journalist Jim Trotter has accused The Athletic - nan sports website owned by nan New York Times - of 'watering down' his file connected Nick Bosa's 'Make America Great Again' hat.

Ahead of nan US statesmanlike election, nan San Francisco 49ers prima interrupted a post-game question and reply with teammates Brock Purdy, George Kittle and Isaac Guerendo connected NBC.

Bosa poked his caput betwixt Purdy and newsman Melissa Stark to constituent astatine a headdress which carried nan infamous motto of nan Republican nominee Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, Trotter wrote a file connected nan incident, entitled: 'When it comes to governmental expression, does nan NFL person double standards?' 

The writer compared nan league's guidance to Bosa's stunt and really Colin Kaepernick and Co were treated aft taking nan knee during nan nationalist anthem.

After nan article was published, however, Trotter took to societal media to declare his words had been edited by his employer. 

'Full disclosure, this is nan watered-down type of nan original column,' he said. 

'I was not allowed to properly, IMO, contextualize nan value and consequence of nan infinitesimal because, I was told, I'd beryllium successful usurpation of nan NYT's journalistic standards regarding sports and governmental commentary.'

Trotter later clarified his comments, adding: 'Correction: I should person referred to it arsenic a usurpation of The Athletic's journalistic standards and not nan journalistic standards of nan NYT.'

Back successful 2022, nan New York Times reached an statement to bargain The Athletic for $550million.

The pursuing year, nan newspaper announced it had disbanded its sports section and would chiefly trust connected The Athletic for coverage.

In nan column, Trotter based on that 'if nan extremity of nan NFL is to support governmental expressions disconnected its fields, past Bosa should look immoderate type of discipline.'

He added: 'Failure to return immoderate benignant of action would propose nan beingness of a double modular and raise nan mobility of whether nan convention is much comfortable pinch a White subordinate utilizing its nationalist spotlight to endorse a statesmanlike campaigner than it is pinch Black players demonstrating against systemic racism.' 

Trotter claimed that Kaepernick was 'blackballed for fighting for societal justice' but that 'Bosa gets, what? Ignored by nan convention and applauded by far-right supporters who different request that athletes, specifically Black athletes, instrumentality to sports?'

After nan 49ers' triumph complete nan Cowboys, Bosa sidestepped a mobility related to nan incident.

'I'm not gonna talk excessively overmuch astir it, but I deliberation it's an important time,' he said connected nan podium - pinch a different headdress connected his head.