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The lack of self awareness and inability to attempt any self reflection is pathetic and the most galling aspect of todays “journalists”. My default position on pretty much any news story is skepticism … they have earned the lack of trust and I don’t see it coming back any time soon.

Oh … and those spoiled children at the NYT should all be fired immediately. Letting the lunatics run the asylum rarely ends well.

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Interesting. From my point of view, the times has been anti-Israel, prop Palestinian. Recent podcast call me back interview with relative of released hostage described how she endured eight hours of questioning by the reporters for the times needing her to justify and clarify the sexual abuse. What happened to believe women? we will see if staff executives have the courage to stand up to these activist journalist

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The adults in the room must put their feet down. They need to diversify their workforce, and I mean that in the purest sense of the word. Stop hiring spoiled brats who all think the same. I’m a college professor. There are plenty of open-minded bright young people who would make great journalists. You won’t find them attending Ivy League universities and they can’t afford to live in New York. Build up the workforce from the grass roots by establishing local reporters around the United States. I believe they are doing that with a specific initiative installing local reporters to perform investigative reporting in their communities. They need to get people like that reporting on national issues once they are properly trained.

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NY Times went full Hamas a long time ago. When Islamic jihad bombed that hospital by accident and Times blamed Israel for 3 weeks. Their reporting is garbage.

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This is actually hilarious coming from the Times Exec editor:

"Kahn noted that the organization has added a lot of digital-savvy workers who are skilled in areas like data analytics, design and product engineering but who weren’t trained in independent journalism. He also suggested that colleges aren’t preparing new hires to be tolerant of dissenting views.

“Young adults who are coming up through the education system are less accustomed to this sort of open debate, this sort of robust exchange of views around issues they feel strongly about than may have been the case in the past,” he said, adding that the onus is on the Times to instill values like independence in its employees."

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The problem is, journalists don't get paid a living wage anymore. So many of the young people who can afford to start a new career in the industry are the 'spoiled brats' who think alike and can live in New York.

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Heavens to Betsy! Discord from the young! Times editors say “Enough!”

Schadenfreude is my favorite German word.

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Such fun to see you and Matt!

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It sounds like Kahn is trying to crack down on activist leaks on developing stories. Sounds reasonable to me!

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Ufff. Sorry that you endured some shots of banned pesticide, I mean Malört. Hope you have a great visit! Looks like the weather has cleared up for you.

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