• LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    Opinion piece, folks. The NYT is a boot licking rag but opinion pieces are the opinion of the individual writer, sometimes someone not even associated with the paper. I’ve seen wild shit go up there that they’d never agree with.

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      8 days ago

      Opinion pieces are chosen by the editors. They don’t allow any opinions they don’t want to make print.

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        8 days ago

        Yes. They put it up because everyone is reading it and seething and sharing it and talking about it.

        Are you not familiar with how media operates? It’s often a cynical business reflecting only one thing: they like money.

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        Exactly. For example, they have a policy of not allowing trans writers to write opinion pieces on trans issues, as they consider the people most knowledgeable about trans issues to be “biased.”

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      8 days ago

      Brett Stevens is a permanent opinion piece writer at the NYT. This isn’t directly from the editorial board but it is a person they hired directly.

      He is their “pet conservative” though so he’s a professional moron.