No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. →
On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.
“Dozens of writers, critics, production staff, and editors” at The New York Times, are in “open rebellion” over the paper’s publication of Senator Tom Cotton’s op-ed calling for military intervention in America’s cities.
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James Bennet’s apologia—“We understand that many readers find Senator Cotton’s argument painful, even dangerous. We believe that is one reason it requires public scrutiny and debate.”—doesn’t hold water; the Times easily could have revealed Cotton submitted what it considered a dangerous idea for an op-ed, and explained why it didn’t run it.
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If The New York Times isn’t going to expressly oppose fascism, the least it could do is not give column-inches to its overt supporters.
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Here’s how you should have done your job, James Bennet: “A sitting senator asked to push a dangerous idea in our pages; we refused: here’s why.”