The New York Times has been under fire for its handling of a labor dispute. The union representing the paper's journalists says they're being used as scare quotes in their coverage. John Sutter: "We are journalists not activists, the line should be clear" He asks if you can comment on this broad narrative that there is an anti-press movement at NYT.
In this News Brief, we break down the recent controversy over the open letter sent by 1200+ NYT contributors pushing back on The Times' salacious coverage of "trans issues," and how the Paper of Record's response has proved to be thin skinned, sanctimonious, and hypocritical.
With guests Eric Thurm and Julia Carmel.