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> That NYT writer should be fired. I don't think this is a "that one writer" issue; I don't think Scott is saying this is a "that one writer" issue. Any such c

• eternalban 6y ago
  Proposition: The NYTimes editorial board has long addressed the matter of revealing identity of anonymous bloggers on interent. From a political point of view, anonymous (and more critcally, independent) bloggers are a threat to the (local/global) establishment's propaganda organs. This may in fact be editorial policy, as you suggest. It doesn't matter of the blogger is 'friendly' in terms of political views.
• oconnor663 6y ago
  Furthermore, Scott has repeatedly argued against trying to get other people fired as a way of expressing disagreement.
• maxwelljoslyn 6y ago
  > I don't think this is a "that one writer" issue. I think the problems with journalism are bigger than this one writer. Simultaneously, I would like to see NYT take a stance against its writers doing what this one did to Scott. > I don't think Scott is saying this is a "that one writer" issue. Point taken, but I didn't claim to speak for him. > Any such choice is down to newspaper-wide policy. Agreed. I wrote another comment in response to 'rachelshu, adjusting my original comment to something more reflecting my actual views.