After the New York Times published an op-ed written by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton – calling for the military to be deployed in the face of nationwide protests – the editors are facing a staff revolt. Reporters at the paper have been quick to take to social media to denounce their own publication.
Mr S was intrigued by a commentary by Bari Weiss of what she calls a ‘civil war’ at her newspaper:
The civil war inside the New York Times between the mostly young woke-types and the (mostly 40+) liberals is the same one raging inside other publications and companies across the country. The dynamic is always the same.
The New York Times motto is ‘all the news that’s fit to print’
The Old Guard lives by a set of principles we can broadly call civil libertarianism. They assumed they shared that worldview with the young people they hired who called themselves liberals and progressives. But it was an incorrect assumption.
The New Guard has a different worldview. They
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