Posted on 02/14/2021 4:15:03 AM PST by george76
About half of New York Times employees said in a recent internal survey that they don’t believe they can speak freely at the paper.
In response to the statement, “There is a free exchange of views in this company; people are not afraid to say what they really think,” only 51% of Times employees responded in the affirmative.
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The survey results were revealed to The Post as the former paper of record is embroiled in a seemingly endless parade of scandals. Most recently, a decision to oust veteran science reporter Donald McNeil over his non-derogatory use of a racial slur during a Times-sponsored trip with students has divided the newsroom. A column from their in-house conservative columnist Bret Stephens criticizing the McNeil dismissal was personally spiked by publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
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In June, The New York Times suffered another woke revolt after the paper’s opinion section published an op-ed from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton urging that federal soldiers be sent to US cities to quell antifa and BLM violence during the summer. Dozens of employees publicly protested the piece’s publication, saying it put “Black @nytimes staff in danger.” The fallout led to the resignation of Op-Ed editor James Bennet. Other leading opinion staffers, including Bari Weiss, left in the months after Bennet’s departure.
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There is a group of younger reporters and a fair number of tech people and people on the audio side who do not come out of the tradition of journalism at the Times. … They see their role as to be more active,” Alex Berenson, a former NYT business reporter, told The Post. “There’s a lot of anguish among older people” about younger, woke staff,
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We can assume these people are almost exclusively progressive Democrats, so they’re getting smacked by the same system they build. “This is what you want, this is what you get.”
Or, as I often say, “Huh, whaddaya know?”
Good to know.
Truth is that weed you cannot kill off.
I’ve been amazed lately by how many times when speaking about things lately, friends and relatives have said “we really shouldn’t be talking about this on the phone”, Or told me “ you should be careful with what you say”.
This isn’t talking about plots, illegal activities,or things like that. Just normal conversation about BLM, how Trump actually won, how they cheated, and how we can ever get our freedom back. This is especially happening with medical people. They are terrorized that one wrong word and they’ll lose their license.
America has entered a dark time.
And the other half said "no comment."
> About half of New York Times employees said in a recent internal survey that they don’t believe they can speak freely at the paper. <
Given that the Times is almost exclusively leftist, that is a staggering amount. So I guess these folks finally realize that literally ANYTHING you say can get you cancelled these days.
Later, while I was waiting for the hygienist to come in, the receptionist came to the door of the room and starting asking again what I’d heard about the vaccine. I just told her that I’m healthy, have no co-morbidities, and that I will never take a vaccine for something that I am over 99.9% likely to survive, if I haven’t already had it without even knowing.
A few minutes later, she returned to the door and started asking me if I’d heard about Biden wanting to restrict travel to Florida, and then she looked around nervously, lowered her voice and said, “You know, don’t look at me like I’m crazy, but I think Trump won.”
I laughed and said, “You’re not crazy, at all! He did win. We’re living in a time of lies. We’re being lied to about almost everything.”
There is a hidden flaw interpreting the poll. First, make the assumption that paper is leftist (no stretch there). Well then, if half the people working there are also leftist, of course they believe they can speak freely. It’s NOT that they believe they work in an environment that welcomes disparate views, only that they have confidence that there views are shared and therefore, safe to express.
Most of the other half were worried the survey would reveal what they thought.
Thus, the actual numbers who don't believe they can speak freely is likely closer to 75%.
Yep, everyone knows Trump won. We saw it with our own eyes. That is why there is so widespread suppression of speech. They want it to be isolated.
Even the democrats know. That’s why the ones in power are so hysterical and why the everyday ones are so quiet about the election. They pretty much want to talk about anything BUT Trump “losing”.
They know.
I laughed and said, “You’re not crazy, at all! He did win. We’re living in a time of lies. We’re being lied to about almost everything.”
A strong majority no longer believe the lies peddled by the Media.
But, they fear the power of the building tyranny.
“In June, The New York Times suffered another woke revolt after the paper’s opinion section published an op-ed from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton urging that federal soldiers be sent to US cities to quell antifa and BLM violence during the summer. Dozens of employees publicly protested the piece’s publication, saying it put “Black @nytimes staff in danger.” The fallout led to the resignation of Op-Ed editor James Bennet. Other leading opinion staffers, including Bari Weiss, left in the months after Bennet’s departure.”
So how many “Black @nytimes” staff were threatened or harmed? How many whites (I assume) were fired because they threatened or harmed black staff? How many whites (I assume) were arrested because they threatened or harmed black staff? How many police reports were filed by police staff?
The article was run...therefore, what are the results?
If the answer is zero, zero, zero, and zero, then how many of the black staff, or the white staff also making the claim, have APOLOGIZED to their management for being wrong here?
After we were given an ‘anonymous’ survey at work that had serial numbers on the back page, I made sure to ALWAYS answer surveys they way bosses wanted to hear. Nothing was going to change anyway, since companies don’t answer to their workers in the first place (nor should they).
I thought the New York Slimes had folded last year. Guess I was wrong.
I bet the results are like that at the office.
About half of New York Times employees said in a recent internal survey that they don’t believe they can speak freely at the paper.
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This is the world the New York Times help create - hope you enjoy your loss of free speech.
You would be surprised at the number of things I have written on line. then after a few minutes of thought, went back and erased it BEFORE hitting the POST button.
Spent many a day in FB jail, and you never know how many other eyes are upon you.
When half of the “Ministry of Truth” is crazy, which half controls the other? The louder suppresses the rest! Like Elvis, the sane are leaving the building.
We have always been at war with East-Trump!
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