MEDIA WHIRLWIND COMES FOR THE NY TIMES: Editorial Board Members Told to Take New Positions or Take a Buyout
By Mike LaChance Mar. 12, 2025
The liberal paper is telling members of their editorial board to take new positions at the paper, or take a buyout, and a walk, presumably.
Over the last eight years, vast swaths of the American media torpedoed whatever credibility they had left in their pursuit of Trump. They pushed countless lies and conspiracy theories and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
The New York Post reports:NY Times tells editorial board writers: Accept new position or take buyout
The New York Times is reshuffling its operations at the opinion section — reducing the frequency of its editorials while shrinking its roster of editorial board writers, according to a report.
The Gray Lady has reportedly offered several of its editorial board members new jobs within the opinion section or buyout packages if they choose to leave the company.
Mara Gay (who is frequently seen on left-leaning news channel MSNBC), Brent Staples, Jesse Wegman and Farah Stockman are editorial board members who were given the option of accepting a buyout, the news site Semafor reported on Monday.
“Publishing fewer, higher-quality editorials, the thesis goes, will lead to more audience attention,” according to the Semafor report.
The Times is also mulling possible changes to its endorsement policy, including backing candidates in races across the country, according to Semafor.
Mara Gay, who is mentioned in the story, is the genius who thought that Michael Bloomberg could have used his $500 million in campaign funds to give a million dollars to every American. Because there are only 500 people in America, right?
The New York Times editorial board will probably be better off without her sharp analysis.
