Opinion: Democracy and The New York Times By Tony Ridder "Having spent my life as a newspaperman, a career that culminated in a decade running the second-largest newspaper company in the country, I was aghast that James Bennet was forced to resign as editor of The New York Times' opinion section. The op-ed page, which is separate from the paper's editorial position and also from the paper's newsroom, had run an essay, authored by a United States senator, which argued that the U.S. military should be used to quell protests nationwide as a last resort if local police and National Guard are overwhelmed. Whatever your view of the underlying contention, Bennet's forced resignation suggests that..." |
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