The New York Times was formerly recognized as the “newspaper of record.” of course in recent years it has become recognized as merely another mouthpiece for the far left, where the rare appearance of a centrist or right-wing opinion is struck down as heresy with subsequent lob losses and struggle sessions. In that environment, it’s not surprising that people of good will just plain give up. And so Ms. Bari Weiss has decided to quit the opinion department. But rather than just quietly gathering her things and slipping out the back door, she published a resignation letter for all the world to read. And it probably should.
Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor. As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.
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The paper of record is, more and more, the record of those living in a distant galaxy, one whose concerns are profoundly removed from the lives of most people. This is a galaxy in which, to choose just a few recent examples, the Soviet space program is lauded for its “diversity”; the doxxing of teenagers in the name of justice is condoned; and the worst caste systems in human history includes the United States alongside Nazi Germany.
Yeesh. The sooner Twitter goes away, the better. Sadly, it’ll probably be replaced by something even worse… the outrage mob.cancel culture rot of Twitter merged with the social credit nightmare the ChiComs dreamed up, probably.