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The Rot At The Times

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I wish I were surprised by this:

“But Donald,” Dean said, “you’ve lost the newsroom. A lot of your colleagues are hurt. A lot of them won’t work with you. Thank you for writing the apology. But we’d like you to consider adding to it that you’re leaving.”

“WHAT?” I said loudly. “ARE YOU KIDDING? You want me to leave after 40-plus years? Over this? You know this is bullshit. You know you looked into it and I didn’t do the things they said I did, I wasn’t some crazy racist, I was just answering the kids’ questions.”

“Donald, you’ve lost the newsroom. People won’t work with you.”

“What are you talking about?” I said. “Since when do we get to choose who we work with?”

“Donald, you’ve had a great year, you’re still up for a Pulitzer.”

If Baquet had had a pair, he’d have told any of these children in adult bodies who didn’t want to work with him that they were welcome to seek other employment.

7 thoughts on “The Rot At The Times”

  1. I’ve moved on from newsprint to wax paper. It works just as well in the microwave and does contaminate my food with toxic ink.

        1. That explains the free subscription coupon on the box! NYT remains a thought leader in recyclable ideation…

  2. Donald, you’ve lost the newsroom. People won’t work with you.

    I wonder if this rot starts at the head. Seems like blame displacement for something the employer was itching to do.

    1. Face it, if Donald had been working for Wired instead of the NYT it would have definitely been phrased differently: “ Donald, you’ve lost the headspace. People won’t conceive with you.”

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