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“I’ve always been very, very lightly edited on the column ...The editing became extremely intrusive. It was very much toning down of my voice, toning down of the feel, and a lot of pressure for what I considered false equivalence.” And, increasingly, attempts “to dictate the subject.”
Given how many shitty columnists and columns there are in the #BrokenTimes, what's shocking about this report is that any columns there are edited...and that they made the bad choice of editing one of their last, best columnists, @pkrugman.bsky.social.
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times
The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
www.cjr.org
January 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“I’ve always been very, very lightly edited on the column ...The editing became extremely intrusive. It was very much toning down of my voice, toning down of the feel, and a lot of pressure for what I considered false equivalence.” And, increasingly, attempts “to dictate the subject.”
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I like to think of us Northern New Englanders as being temperamentally and categorically allergic to bullshit, but Mainers have always been fine with it in their most powerful elected official.
Collins is a disgraceful coward, and always has been. I would respect her far more if she spoke plainly.
Collins is a disgraceful coward, and always has been. I would respect her far more if she spoke plainly.
January 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I like to think of us Northern New Englanders as being temperamentally and categorically allergic to bullshit, but Mainers have always been fine with it in their most powerful elected official.
Collins is a disgraceful coward, and always has been. I would respect her far more if she spoke plainly.
Collins is a disgraceful coward, and always has been. I would respect her far more if she spoke plainly.
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Did Musk tank a spending bill because it would have harmed his business in China?
From @theprospect.bsky.social
prospect.org/politics/202...
From @theprospect.bsky.social
prospect.org/politics/202...
December 22, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Did Musk tank a spending bill because it would have harmed his business in China?
From @theprospect.bsky.social
prospect.org/politics/202...
From @theprospect.bsky.social
prospect.org/politics/202...
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What could Trump have against Panama?
Oh.
Oh.
Trump Companies Accused of Tax Evasion in Panama
In the latest chapter in ongoing litigation, the private equity fund that bought what used to be called the Trump Ocean Club claims the Trump entities pocketed money that should have gone to the Panam...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
What could Trump have against Panama?
Oh.
Oh.
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December 21, 2024 at 8:59 PM
@djmags.bsky.social OK Mag, I'm here. Let's see if this place gets bullied by the dimbulbs, nincompoops, and downright dangerous crazies or not.
December 15, 2024 at 4:03 PM
@djmags.bsky.social OK Mag, I'm here. Let's see if this place gets bullied by the dimbulbs, nincompoops, and downright dangerous crazies or not.
Only the best people. Some are clearly subhuman, so it's still technically "truthy".
A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas.
It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter.
fox59.com/news/indycri...
It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter.
fox59.com/news/indycri...
Politician pleads guilty in sexual assault case after being elected to Hancock County Council
HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — A current central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council. John D. Jessup – a cur…
fox59.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Only the best people. Some are clearly subhuman, so it's still technically "truthy".