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David Link's avatar

Just a brief note to grumble about the reference to David French. Yes, he is a "fierce supporter of free speech," but he's also an unrelenting advocate of religious freedom, which is something else the NYT could use more of. I hadn't read him much at National Review, but for me he came on like gangbusters at The Dispatch. I'd never really read anything by an evangelical Christian before, and while I'm still a Catholic, I read his Dispatch essays faithfully, including his pretty wonderful Sunday column dedicated to religious issues.

And that's something I hope he can bring to the NYT as well -- some respect for religion.

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Unset's avatar

I agree.

I've often wondered if one factor was looking at the comments on certain hot button issues and realizing how out of step with their readership they were. Or at least a significant portion of their readership. Often the 2000-upvote top comment would be from someone liberal but not woke, critical of the way the Times was framing the issues.

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