Politics

Fired editor: NYT readers want newspaper to be ‘Mother Jones on steroids’ 

A former top editor at the New York Times is speaking publicly for the first time about his firing from the leading national newspaper and the outlet's editorial direction in the current media environment. James Bennet, an opinion editor who was ousted from the Times following its publication of a controversial op-ed from Sen. Tom Cotton...
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Almost 1 in 5 say politics has hurt friendships, family relationships: poll

Nineteen percent of registered voters said recent disagreements with family or friends over political issues have hurt their relationship, according to a new Siena College-The New York Times poll. Independents and Democrats were more likely to say so — at 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively — compared to just 14 percent of Republicans. The...
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