E-Pluribus+: Reactions to the NYT Editorial on Free Speech
A collection of some fair and . . . out there takes on today's New York Times editorial on free speech.
First, some fair criticisms of the NYT’s argument:
Click through to this thread from Ken White (Popehat):
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Greg Lukianoff, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
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David French, The Dispatch
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Now for the “enlightened” takes from journalists and blue checks:
Keith Olbermann with the completely wrong “yelling fire in a crowded theater” take:
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Adam Davidson, The New Yorker
Jeff Jarvis, Professor, CUNY Newmark Journalism School
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Chip Goins, GBH News Contributor
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Atima Omara, Democratic Political Strategist
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Jacob Brogan, Washington Post Outlook Editor
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Dan Froomkin, PressWatchers
Noah Schactman, Editor in Chief, Rolling Stone
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Ishmael Daro, Digital Editor, Democracy Now
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Tami Sawyer, Shelby County Commissioner (TN)
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Scott Nover, Quartz
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Abdallah Fayyad, Boston Globe
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Ernest Owens, Philadelphia Magazine Editor-at-Large
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Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Center for American Progress
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Brandon Farmahini, Podcast Host
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Jeremy Yoder, Biologist
Finally, some point out the NYT’s hypocrisy:
Glenn Greenwald
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Noam Bloom, Tablet Magazine
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Thomas Chatterton Williams
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Sonny Bunch, The Bulwark
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Pradheep Shanker
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Michelangelo Signorile, Host, Signorile Show
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Paul Thacker, X Games Medalist
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Buck Sexton, Radio Show Host
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