Pamela Paul is running a one woman show to get liberals to vote for Ron DeSantis. Matt Iglesias and Jonathan Chade of Substack and New York Magazine, respectively, basically wrote the same article on the same day. They argued that if liberals don't engage in these like edge cases, you know, ask tough questions, Republicans are going to kind of fill that void. Trolley: I think it's an indication that either they didn't read the letter or committed to not reading it.
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.