1. So, let's think about the New York Times a little bit, and the increasing criticism its getting from liberals & leftists.
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11. I understand why Times won't give a column to a Pat Buchanan or a Ann Coulter. But they should at least be reporting on politics as if these are major GOP voices. Because in fact they are.
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12. This is a good formulation, which I agree with:https://twitter.com/henryfarrell/status/963616769150726145 …
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13. One possible silver lining is the break-up of consensus politics should allow Times to be more open to voices on left as well as right -- one sign of that is hiring
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14. If I were editing the Times (ho ho ho) I'd get someone whose job it is to follow white nationalist right & report regularly on what they are thinking. Stop pretending that reasonable Never Trump conservatives are the real GOP.
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15. Also, I'd open up Times op ed to the more paleo-cons and also people on the Democratic Party left (feminists, BLM, DSA etc).
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16. For more on the Times & its troubles, this is an excellent piece by my colleague
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17. Well, that didn't last very long:https://twitter.com/mlcalderone/status/963612619163750400 …
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18. Honestly, James Bennet & Bari Weiss should just call me. I can really advise them on how better to cover fractured opinions in Trump era America.
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19. The Times both hired & fired Quinn Norton too quickly. If they had researched her background more, they could've offered her a more appropriate position & wouldn't have been blindsided backlash.
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20. Hiring Norton to write about tech under her own byline makes sense (she's good at it & you can separate her dubious opinions from her writing for paper). Having her write anonymous editorials was wrong choice.
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