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this is then normalized through conditioning over decades by the hiring of a particular type of person and a firing of most of the people who speak truth to power, all while critics get defensive lectures about how everything is fine and ownership interests are perfectly firewalled from editorial

Patrick Healy, basically:

They are always using normal language to describe the bat-s**t crazy. I gave up reading the Times ages ago for this reason.

Unclear whether NYTs considers Leavitt a liar in her own right. She’s apparently just repeating admin lies bc it’s her job, don’t you know. ”No foul”—umpires of the NYTs

Healy is the face of every mediocre person who's moved from "doing" the work into "management" of those doing the work. Milquetoast bothsiderism, diluted non-conviction, barely concealed apathy, reeking of desperation for every1 to "stop rocking the boat" so he can keep climbing the ladder.

surprised they shared this to be honest.

What a wild false equivalence when Healey says they can do excellent, in-depth, vital reporting OR they can accurately describe Trump and his administration. Also the failure to acknowledge that Trump is operating well outside politics-as-usual and reporting on him through that lens is malpractice.

Healy was spewing such bullshit.

I guess I’m too old to sit still for that type of format.

Maybe the Times figured it would be a wonderful platform for their usual obtuse defensiveness.

Incredible how clueless the NYT’s responses are here. My heavens.