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Was it though? I mean they hired an 83-year old writer, who has been churning reliably bad takes out for 50 years. It was 1970 when they protested him at Harper's.

It is like getting Tom Cotton to whip up a piece on why soldiers should be able to shoot the someones, just cause. So my thought is that the WSJ wanted a shitshow and instead of sending people out to pasture like the NYT did, they'd proved their editorial independence by dying on that hill. Gigot has already done that. Expect more.

Expect the newsroom to double down on their efforts to get opinion in line. And expect opinion to tell the newsroom to fuck off. Rinse and repeat every six months or so, but I'd assume a faster timeline with Biden around. Opinion needs controversy like a flame needs oxygen.

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at Harper's Magazine Offices

 

Get the shot.

 

Newsmaxipad , when the fake news flow is heavy.

 

Yes and no.

I take your point that as clickbait qua clickbait, Gigot gets what he wants.

To the wider world, it looks like a personal attack. Which it is, masquerading as social commentary about the comic book/cocktail party inflation of academic credentials. About which no one anywhere, even in the faculty lounge, cares.

That Gigot then gets to write the non-apology non-apology, setting the WSJ apart as a brave and lonely he-man voice standing athwart history and yelling 'subscribe!' is icing on the cake.

 

The "Dr." is merely a personal lack of security. If you need someone to say "Dr." there's not much else to say. The only lack of respect comes when its in the setting for which its intended, now for a medical doctor, okay they should be identified as such most of the time.

For an academic, that title is really for in the academic setting, not some random social setting.

So for the lawyer, its a must at all times (No in my 30+ yrs experience I've never even thought of being addressed that way)

 

It’s official
California for Biden
Everybody’s in but Hawaii

 

Just burn down the NYT now. "Scrambling to make up for lost time". LOL

 

And no faithless elector controversy.

So, do the majority of Republicans finally acknowledge reality, as this is the event they pointed to?

The usually suspects in Congress will stamp their feet and hold their breath on Jan. 6, I’m sure.

 

I hope you still getting paid to write words elsewhere because that is one helluva line.

 

Yep, there's already more scrutiny about Biden's cabinet picks and whether or not they pass the muster of both the GOP and the liberal Dems than so many Trump interim or acting appointees who weren't even put up for confirmation.