NYT Circles the Drain

Steven Hayward of Power Line posts fairly extensive excerpts of the letter of resignation written by Bari Weiss as she leaves an editorial position at The New York Times. She as much as accuses the NYT of becoming the American left's version of Pravda, a total party line propaganda rag. A couple of choice quotes:

The paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. . .

[T]he truth is that intellectual curiosity—let alone risk-taking—is now a liability at The Times. (snip) And so self-censorship has become the norm.

From "newspaper of record" to "ideological megaphone" in maybe a decade, that's damned sad. Are things so tough for the press that this is what is required to elude bankruptcy? I refuse to believe it.

Later ... Steve has now posted the entire letter at the above site, as an addendum. It is beautifully written and I enjoyed reading the whole thing, maybe you will too.