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Culture War Roundup for the week of June 24, 2024

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And next month those editors could have lost their jobs for their hateful and agist rhetoric. Thats what happened after an editor was foolish enough to publish the Tom Cotton piece. Or they could recant and grovel and publish 3x the editorials about how wrong they were.

The entire editorial board?

Probably not, but they could pick a scapegoat. I suspect more likely that if Biden isn't replaced they'll just pretend it never happened, when they endorse him.

For once I agree with you- the NYT editorial board in October will endorse Biden on the groups of Trump being the kind of maniac he wasn't last election.

Happy to make a bet if you really think that checks notes the entire editorial board of the NYT is going to lose their jobs over writing this editorial.

Or they could recant and grovel and publish 3x the editorials about how wrong they were.

Why would i take that bet when my assertion wasn't that some specific event would happen, but that a multitude of possible events could rendering this "normies wake up" editorial utterly meaningless.

Happy to make a bet about the NYT editorial board recanting this oped as well.

The bet I would make is that come November Biden is the nominee, and the New York Times is full throatedly endorsing him. I won't bet on the specific events or causes between here and there, because the whole point of my post is that anything could happen, but that is the destination. I don't know how we get there, but there is where I am sure we are heading.

If he's the nominee, obviously they're going to endorse him. It's not much of a prediction to say that the nyt will not endorse the orange man.

I do expect them to say something like "despite biden's cognitive blah blah orange man is worse".