1. This is the gravestone of Abe Rosenthal (1922-2006), managing editor of the New York Times from 1969-1977 and executive editor from 1977-1986. It reads, "HE KEPT THE PAPER STRAIGHT." There's a story there.pic.twitter.com/QcOORLevTy
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4. Here's an account from the Times itself about how Rosenthal maintained the homophobic edict from the publisher to not use the word gay (which was only overturned after Rosenthal retired as executive editor. HE KEPT THE PAPER STRAIGHT.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/us/gay-pride-lgbtq-new-york-times.html?fbclid=IwAR1-tm_EPzhGWSOw2DmobEB1LfPCPMX8_5S1qSjkF2symVkG5RDdR78or1s …
5. Here's a good account from former Times reporter Charles Kaiser of the paper and homophobia (including a few paragraphs on Rosenthal). HE KEPT THE PAPER STRAIGHThttps://www.nybooks.com/daily/2012/09/25/when-new-york-times-came-out-closet/ …
6. I'd be curious to know more about the history of Rosenthal's tombstone. Did he pick the epitaph or did the family? If him, it indicates that he thought his homophobia was his major achievement. If his family, it could be a joke of some kind.
I already thought it also meant both “on the straight and narrow” and “out of the hands of the hip/radical”, but this third interpretation is obviously not surprising
Great Find, Jeet. Have you read Kaiser's book The Gay Metropolis? Highest recommendation, it's equal parts informative, observant and dishy!
"plum job" is juicy like the fruit "plumb bob" is a weight on a string used to find true vertical
And the homophobia of the times appears in “the normal heart” by larry kramer.
I'm glad I arrived at the paper after he retired. He wasn't particularly supportive of ambitious women, either
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