Former New York Times reporter, James Bennet, has publicly criticized his former employer, accusing the publication of illiberal bias and expressing his discontent with the Times' commitment to liberalism. Bennet's criticism, detailed in an article in The Economist, has sparked a heated public debate, with some labeling his piece as a 'reactionary centrism' and a 'bloated apologia.' The article has also been described as a 'revenge manifesto' against The New York Times, prompting extensive analysis and discussion on social media.
Today on The Powers That Be, @JonKelly2 and I go deeeeeep on the James Bennet revenge manifesto against The New York Times: https://t.co/N21qUEU1cj @PuckNews
This sentence, from James Bennet's Economist apology, explains exactly why the @nytimes has often failed to cover incipient fascism accurately: it always platforms powerful voices, simply because they're powerful, even when they're explicitly anti-democratic. 1/n https://t.co/gZ6sAfEsn5
I finally read this bloated apologia from James Bennet. It is a near-perfect expression of reactionary centrism -- all the instincts, tropes, & blind spots familiar to that ideology. Lord you could do a dozen dissertations just picking this apart. https://t.co/09UsXBNGV4
James Bennet says NYT guilty of "illiberal bias" in new Economist takedown https://t.co/rXUHypy7v5
It’s a Timesian melodrama for the ages: James Bennet’s damning and extremely discursive indictment of his former employer, and his now-public battle with A.G. Sulzberger, over L’Affaire Cotton and the Times’ commitment to liberalism. From @DylanByers https://t.co/EY2cBc3i0d
Ex-NYT Reporter Unleashes Hell On the Liberal Publication https://t.co/DX6fiiLH57