The last self-proclaimed centrist at the NY Times has called it quits after the “cancel culture” agenda had taken its toll:
An interesting quote from the article, outlining the unwritten rules of conduct:
“Rule One: Speak your mind at your own peril. Rule Two: Never risk commissioning a story that goes against the narrative. Rule Three: Never believe an editor or publisher who urges you to go against the grain. Eventually, the publisher will cave to the mob, the editor will get fired or reassigned, and you’ll be hung out to dry”
And an even more significant quote, regarding the use of the media to conform public opinion to the truth one wants rather than the truth that is:
“… a new consensus has emerged in the press … that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.”
The NY Times reminds me of Gail Wynand’s Banner from Ayn Rand’s warning against collectivist morality, The Fountainhead. The result of Wynand’s surrender of the Banner to the ignorant masses – who are manipulated by the socialist Ellsworth Toohey in his own bid for power – should be a warning to media entities everywhere.
Read Ms. Weiss’ entire resignation letter here.
Glad to see you’re keeping this up.
I’ve added a second quote that I like even better. It accurately describes much of the media in this country (and many of its politicians, too).