In the wake of the controversy surrounding the anonymous column published in The New York Times last week, the editors of the Tropolitan fully support the Times’ decision to run the column without revealing the identity of the author. The op-ed titled “I am part of the resistance inside the Trump administration” has brought an immediate reaction from President Donald Trump, who went as far as asking the attorney general to investigate the author as a threat to national security. Despite the debate on the implications of this op-ed, the…
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The New York Times is not our savior
Sam Stroud Contributor On Feb. 27, 2018, President Donald Trump tweeted that several well-known news publications, including The New York Times (NYT), are the “The Enemy of the People.” There was deservedly a lot of pushback from both sides of the aisle for these and other similar statements he made. Trump has a history of attacking the media. While most of Trump’s attacks are unfounded and purely based on his need to lash out at people he doesn’t like, the media do undercut their credibility by not evaluating themselves honestly…
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