Times it is a changin’
Partnership and moderation is the only way forward
This morning I awoke to a headline on a piece by The New York Times Editorial Board titled “Democrats Deny Political Reality at Their Own Peril.”
In it, the Board warns, “A national Democratic Party that talks up progressive policies at the expense of bipartisan ideas, and that dwells on Donald Trump at the expense of forward-looking ideas, is at risk of becoming a marginal Democratic Party appealing only to the left.”
This is absolutely true. And absolutely maddening.
I’ve been reading the Times for years. I’ve written a number of pieces for the paper as well. And I’ve been alarmed, as both a citizen and a journalist, at the hard leftward shift that’s occurred within its pages since the death of George Floyd.
It’s obvious that this shift was a reaction — or, rather, an overreaction — to the vitally important racial justice protests that occurred in the summer of 2020.
Suddenly, there was a very noticeable and disturbing slant, an agenda, a major tilt to one side. Objectivity and balance had receded in favor of… wait for it… bias. If you ask me, this was driven not by confidence and a well-thought-out vision of how best to provide more inclusive and expansive news coverage — but overwhelmingly…
