@nytopinion Here’s the thing: Bret Stephens is not a nuanced enough thinker to realize he is invoking race science here.
He really isn’t.
He doesn’t see the contradictions. He doesn’t think about the trajectory of his claims. He’s just filling column inches with his latest musings. (1/2)
He really isn’t.
He doesn’t see the contradictions. He doesn’t think about the trajectory of his claims. He’s just filling column inches with his latest musings. (1/2)
@nytopinion The fatal error from the Times’s leadership is that they got rid of the Public Editor position, stating that social media would be the public editor.
But James Bennet views Twitter as a contemptible mob that is beneath the dignity of the Bret Stephenses of the world. (2/3)
But James Bennet views Twitter as a contemptible mob that is beneath the dignity of the Bret Stephenses of the world. (2/3)
@nytopinion So Stephens’s latest lazy column is yet another stain on the Times’s reputation.
And neither the senior editors nor Stephens himself will notice or care. They will tell themselves that the Twitter mob rushed to harsh judgment, because *of course* he never meant that.
(3/4)
And neither the senior editors nor Stephens himself will notice or care. They will tell themselves that the Twitter mob rushed to harsh judgment, because *of course* he never meant that.
(3/4)
@nytopinion what (ahem) bugs me is that this will keep happening forever because 1) Stephens is a bad writer, forever failing upward, and (2) the Times has removed its own capacity to notice.
The Times needs a Public Editor. It is the only way it will ever fix its Bret Stephens problem.
The Times needs a Public Editor. It is the only way it will ever fix its Bret Stephens problem.
