There are now so many letters that it's hard for me to keep track of them. It may be just helpful to sort of walk through the sequence of events. So this group of times contributors originally, I think about 170 that now currently is about 1200 New York Times contributors and like 34,000 additional signatures from media workers, Times readers and subscribers was sent to the standards editor last Wednesday.
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.