Thread by @jayrosen_nyu

The editorial page editor Bill Sternberg @bsternbe apparently doesn't know how to thread his replies, so I am going to do it for him. This is his response to widespread criticism of the @USAToday for running that factually dubious op-ed by the president...

Quoting Bill Sternberg @bsternbe:
"Okay, in response to popular demand and after spending the day in the eye of our own little Category 1, a few thoughts on the health care column @realDonaldTrump wrote for USA TODAY Opinion..."

...@bsternbe: "We did not just slap the president's piece online and into the paper. There was considerable back and forth about particular factual assertions in the original submission. The degree of fact-checking is also apparent in the many hyperlinks in the digital version."

Quoting Bill Sternberg @bsternbe:
"We thought the piece was newsworthy for what it revealed about the Republican strategy going into the midterms..."

Quoting Bill Sternberg @bsternbe:
"Some of the same people criticizing us today were praising us last week when the Editorial Board came out against the Kavanaugh nomination. Many of the critiques deal with missing context and disagreements with the president's opinions."

Quoting Bill Sternberg @bsternbe:
"In keeping with our tradition of presenting more than one side, we have published a roundup of responses to the president's column: usatoday.com/story/opinion/… … via @usatoday."