What Conservative Columnist Could Freely Write for The New York Times?
The Left’s perennial scolds of CBS News churned out the umbrage over hiring conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat as part of the new team at 60 Minutes. They suggested this was some sort of “desperate” lurch to the right, an obstreperous overthrow of Pelleyesque arrogance on 57th Street. But that created a vacancy at The Times that may prove challenging to fill.
Lefties FREAK OUT Over 'Zealot' Ross Douthat Joining '60 Minutes'
CBS announced a new slate of 60 Minutes correspondents, but the left-wingers obsessed over New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. The Daily Beast screeched: “Right-Wing Religious Zealot Unveiled as New Star of 60 Minutes.” Poynter's Tom Jones said it could be proof of CBS "desperately pushing to the right," remodeling a show "already perfectly built."
PBS Falls Overboard on East Wing Demolition: 'Shocking to Conscience'
On Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, moderator Jeffrey Goldberg devoted 14 minutes -- over half the show’s 22-minute discussion time -- to the East Wing demolition undertaken by President Trump, using private funding, in order to build a much-needed White House ballroom. After the introduction, where Goldberg complained “President Trump this week took a wrecking ball to the East Wing…
CNN to Righty NYT Columnist, Film Critic: ‘Stop Writing About Movies'
CNN senior writer Brian Lowry, and by extension CNN media reporter Brian Stelter mocked right-of-center New York Times columnist Ross Douthat for daring to write about two new movies in his latest column, even though he’s been a movie critic for National Review for years. Stelter’s June 19 newsletter included a snotty take from Lowry that suggested Douthat should stick to their knitting and…
NYT’s Douthat: Soft Coverage of Riots, Kavanaugh Radicalizes the Left
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat took a polite shot at the mainstream liberal press, including his own paper, in Sunday’s “Why the Memory of Jan. 6 Can’t Prevent a Trump Resurgence.” One major reason: The mainstream liberal press. Douthat argued that the liberal establishment (including its press handmaidens) unwittingly reinforce the idea that Trump isn’t a “uniquely malign figure” but…
Former NYT White House Reporter Begs Media Dems: Go Easy on Biden!
Is Frank Bruni, former White House correspondent for the New York Times, whispering to media liberals to keep it down with the chatter about sagging polls and infighting that threaten to endanger Biden’s reelection, Democrats in Congress, and democracy itself? Because that seems the subtext of his opinion posted Thursday, “Democrats' Infighting Only Helps Republicans.” Note that when Bruni is…
New York Times Columnist Commits Hunter Biden Laptop Heresy
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat committed what could be considered heresy at that newspaper due to criticizing social media and mainstream media suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story.
NY Times’ Douthat Eviscerates Own Paper Over Cotton Meltdown
The New York Times right-leaning columnist Ross Douthat used his perch for a long piece about the paper’s recent ideological meltdown over an op-ed from a Republican senator: “The Tom Cotton Op-Ed and the Cultural Revolution -- How liberalism, and the liberal media, are changing before our eyes.” He kills the Times with kindness.
