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Julie Wash's avatar

Thank you for this installment. That Sulzberger is the messenger you reference is so unsettling--because I have watched, as a media specialist, the Times dismantle editorial layers and pivot to clickbait and platform wasteful words. We have serious challenges these days. Wasting the capital of journalism is no way to go through life.

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Naomi Levine's avatar

The founders knew freedom of the press would be vital for this experiment in democracy - which is why they put it in the first amendment. And it is necessary.

I agree with Alexis' comment about the New York Times about much of its reporting and word choice for headlines, and want to add that I wish there was an enforceable set of standards and ethics for journalists when it comes to telling the truth. Why Fox News, with its multi million dollar judgements for lying is still allowed to spew more lies is beyond me. A

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