One of my favorite substacks doesn’t need the publicity, but it has a story on today’s website that is an excellent example of what it can offer — a revealing look at The New York Times’ effort to confront its own staff, which is packed with social justice activists posing as reporters:
Times management appears to have grown a spine. As The Free Press notes, anti-Israeli protesters who regularly gather in front of the Times' offices also have allies in the newsroom. As a result, earlier this year the Times’ flagship podcast, The Daily, declined to produce an episode about the newspaper’s well-researched and disturbing story “Screams Without Words” on Hamas’ use of sexual violence against women.
The Times’ activist-journalists wanted the story killed. Times management did the right thing and ran this story anyway:
"I often worry that the main effect of technology is to provide faster, more cost-effective ways to lobotomize ourselves."
Timothy Leary actually said electronics would take the place of drugs for producing changes in consciousness.
One of my favorite substacks doesn’t need the publicity, but it has a story on today’s website that is an excellent example of what it can offer — a revealing look at The New York Times’ effort to confront its own staff, which is packed with social justice activists posing as reporters:
https://www.thefp.com/p/new-york-times-hamas-rape-investigation
Times management appears to have grown a spine. As The Free Press notes, anti-Israeli protesters who regularly gather in front of the Times' offices also have allies in the newsroom. As a result, earlier this year the Times’ flagship podcast, The Daily, declined to produce an episode about the newspaper’s well-researched and disturbing story “Screams Without Words” on Hamas’ use of sexual violence against women.
The Times’ activist-journalists wanted the story killed. Times management did the right thing and ran this story anyway:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html?ugrp=u&unlocked_article_code=1.eU0.P11_.d9iPjayXb5DW&smid=url-share
Yet there are Times staffers who still want the story to disappear or for management to issue apologies. They want to silence these women’s screams.
Where are American feminists -- marching for the rights of men to infiltrate women's sports, women's restrooms, women's prisons?
Thanks for the shout as always, Richard. Also, your Substack consumption is diverse!