Journalism is the only profession protected by the Constitution because we serve as a check on power, even more critically since other checks are failing. This is dangerous. Healthy democracies do not threaten to jail journalists.

Also, using the word “admits” in the headline reveals the writer presumes the accusation is true.

This is also why I don’t think journalists should allow people to use “woke” without forcing them to provide a specific explanation of what is meant. Too much focus on racial justice? Too much focus on LGBTQ tolerance? Make them say it. Because to be blaming marginalized folks for what’s happening…

This is why there’s been so much silence as Black history and Black books are being purged, and integration efforts dismantled. Many Democrats think the purges are valid and necessary. “Candidly, the attack on over-the-top wokeism was a valid attack."