OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE SAME OLD

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3/24/2016

Out with the Old, In with the Same Old

Filed under: General — JVW @ 3:58 pm

[guest post by JVW]

 

The era of Andrew Rosenthal as editorial page editor of the New York Times is mercifully ending, not a moment too soon. Rosenthal, who has spent the last nine years in the role will be stepping down next month, to be replaced by James Bennett, the current editor-in-chief and president of The Atlantic. An article published earlier this week on the Times’ website and written by contributor David W. Dunlap traced the arc of the Rosenthal editorial page of the past decade. In typical fashion, the paper combines a smug elite leftism with a complete lack of self-awareness. Consider for instance the over-the-top lede paragraphs:

 

On the 13th floor of The New York Times building is a very exclusive portrait gallery.

 

It is more exclusive than the Pulitzer Prize gallery on the 15th floor. It is even more exclusive than the collection of signed presidential portraits in the 16th-floor boardroom.

 

The 13th-floor gallery honors the eight men and one woman who formerly ran The Times’s editorial page. Their combined tenures extended 123 years. There were more popes in the same period.