RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN TO WRITE WEEKLY OP-ED COLUMN FOR NEW YORK TIMES
January 1st 2008 08:12
Russian President Vladimir Putin will write a weekly column for the New York Times op-ed page as of next Monday.
According to the Crooks and Liars website, “Times’ decision underscores the paper’s increasing willingness to showcase views of those who are less concerned with the constraining nature of reality and truth. But Rosenthal scoffed at such assertions.”
The Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal told Crooks and Liars, “The idea that The New York Times is giving voice to a guy who is a serious, respected and brutal leader – and somehow that’s a bad thing. How intolerant is that? The whole point of the op-ed page is to air a variety of opinions.”
Crooks and Liars pointed out that Rosenthal’s last paragraph was “ironical.” Indeed.
- From MediaBlab
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