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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Post became an organ for "the resistance" in 2016. They made it their motto. At the time, many readers, myself included, cheered this move and happily subscribed. However, it quickly became clear that this didn't mean great truth-telling journalism--it meant propaganda. "Good" stories only, please, inconvenient truths not allowed. We saw this at the Times, too--the Donald McNeil firing, running Barry Weiss out of the paper with a Slack revolt, and the "literal violence" of the Tom Cotton OpEd. Within a couple years, readers abandoned ship when it became clear that News news had become OpEd and OpEd a reprint service for the DNC. A specific demographic (20-something LAC grads, grievance Olympics gold medalists) had taken over the newsroom, and management never had a chance. Read Michael Moynihan's recent piece on Vice's self immolation for a case study. The reason a WSJ exec is taking over now is that that paper never committed ritual suicide, and Bezos needs an adult to keep the place from shuttering. The WSJ has quietly become the only real *News*paper left... although the NYT's quiet course correction back to sanity is promising. I hope WaPo follows suit.[/quote]
You seem to mistake the NYT editorial page with the news department. The direction of the editorial page under James Bennet was an absolute disaster. He favored being provocative above all. Bari Weiss deserved to lose her job. He also hired Elizabeth Bruenig who also deserved to lose her job. [/quote]

NYT News started veering left in 2016. They killed or throttled stories that didn't fit the narrative. Covid lab leak, Hunter Biden laptop, anything negative on Ukraine, etc. while running Trump 24/7 to drive engagement. OpEd page was cleaned of any "incorrect" voices at the same time. Your assertion that Bari Weiss "deserved" to lose her job kind of gives you away, just so you know.
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