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What does Putin have to do with anything? He runs a country that is not remotely communist (since at least 1991, nearly thirty years ago, last I checked)
by ihm 6y ago
What does Putin have to do with anything? He runs a country that is not remotely communist (since at least 1991, nearly thirty years ago, last I checked)
- 082349872349872 6y agoThat's why I had the caveat of "former". However, he's published NYT op-eds, and isn't exactly, I believe, considered persona grata in US politics, so there is precedent for the NYT running "officially distasteful" opinions. Then again, the US doesn't seem to have any equivalent to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Camillo_and_Peppone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Camillo_and_Peppone
- 082349872349872 6y agoAfter further reading, I get the impression that Bennet was already at odds with his newsroom, and far from being a "Cultural Revolution", running Cotton was simply the straw that shoved him out. I'm sure the free market will find him another job, and he seems like a smart guy, so this time around he'll probably get along better with his staff.