#Don’t use Twitter to ‘vet grievances’

#Don’t use Twitter to ‘vet grievances’

“Don’t use Twitter to ‘vet grievances’” Joe Kahn, the New York Times executive editor who took over the Gray Lady’s top job on Tuesday, thinks journalists should not use Twitter to “vet grievances.” Kahn, who succeeds Dean Baquet at the helm of the influential broadsheet, also lamented that journalists were avoiding “lightning-rod type” stories due…

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#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more

#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more

“#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions Flashback: “If Vladimir Putin opts to back away from invading Ukraine, even temporarily, it’s because Joe Biden . . . has matched every Putin chess move with an effective counter of his own.” — Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas Friedman,…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 15, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 15, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 15, 2021” The Issue: An op-ed by Bret Stephens on the ousting of a New York Times reporter for using a slur in 2019. Bret Stephens’ defense of fellow New York Times journalist Donald McNeil should not have been printed, but not for the reason given by the Times’…

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#The woke mob now utterly rules The New York Times

#The woke mob now utterly rules The New York Times

“#The woke mob now utterly rules The New York Times” Will The New York Times discipline Nikole Hannah-Jones for blaring the personal information of another publication’s reporter across the internet? If not, it’s final confirmation that the inmates are running the asylum. Hannah-Jones’ “doxxing” of The Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium was the latest act…

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#New York Times ties itself in woke knots: Goodwin

#New York Times ties itself in woke knots: Goodwin

“#New York Times ties itself in woke knots: Goodwin” Thunk, thunk. The career guillotine at The New York Times was busy Friday, dispatching two men found wanting by the Purity Police.  When the shock wears off, the former employees might consider their departures a blessing. At least they are no longer marooned on an island…

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#Double standards abound at The New York Times

#Double standards abound at The New York Times

“#Double standards abound at The New York Times” Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times, decided to give science reporter Donald McNeil a second chance despite finding that he’d made offensive (allegedly quite racist) remarks on a trip with schoolchildren. Fair enough — but how does that square with the Times’ crucifixion…

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#NY Times admits ‘Caliphate’ podcast based on botched reporting

#NY Times admits ‘Caliphate’ podcast based on botched reporting

“#NY Times admits ‘Caliphate’ podcast based on botched reporting” The New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast about ISIS was an “institutional failure” that included shoddy reporting based off interviews with a “con artist,” executive editor Dean Baquet said Friday. In a blistering editor’s note, the newspaper said the 2018 series “Caliphate” blew its journalistic standards….

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