TIMES OPINIONS EDITOR BARRY
WHITE CLAIMS THAT HER BOSSES
REFUSED TO PUBLISH AN OP-ED
WITHOUT THIS SENATOR WITHOUT
GETTING APPROVAL FROM THE
SENATE’S TOP DEMOCRAT
CHUCK SCHUMER.
THEY RESIGN FROM THE TIMES TWO
YEARS AGO, AND MADE THE
ALLEGATION DURING AN INTERVIEW
ON HER PODCAST.
>> THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD RUN THE
PIECE.
A MORE SENIOR COLLEAGUE SAID TO
A MORE JUNIOR COLLEAGUE, WHO WAS
PUSHING FOR THE PIECE "DO YOU
THINK THE REPUBLICANS CARE ABOUT
MINORITY RIGHTS?"
THE JUNIOR COLLEGE SAID "I THINK
TIM SCOTT CARES ABOUT MINORITY
RIGHTS."
HERE IS THE SHOCKING PART.
THE MORE SENIOR COLLEAGUE SAID
"LET’S CHECK WITH
SENATOR SCHUMER BEFORE WE RUN
IT," AND THE YOUNGER COLLEAGUE
REFUSED.
>> WHAT A STUNNING ALLEGATION.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" SAID THEY
NEVER SEEK OUT THAT APPROVAL
ABOUT PUBLISHING AN OP-ED TO,
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IT WAS
NEVER PUBLISHED, IN THE REALITY
IS THAT SENATORS CAN STOP
LEADING VOICES ON POLICE REFORM,
I WAS IN A ROOM WITH HIM IN
VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY.
I WATCHED HIM BE A HEALING VOICE
FOR GEORGE FLOYD, AT A TIME WHEN
THERE WAS SO MUCH HOSTILITY.
EVEN IF AMERICA DID NEED TO HEAR
IT -- YOU DON’T CHECK WITH THE
OPPOSITION --
BEFORE PUBLISHING AN OP-ED.
>> THAT IS UNPROFESSIONAL,
ESPECIALLY FROM
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," A VERY
TALENTED WRITER AND EDITOR.
IT SHOULDN’T HAVE LOST HER, BUT
SHE COULD NOT, IN GOOD
CONSCIENCE, STAY THERE KNOWING
WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND SAID
THAT CONSERVATIVES -- SHE WAS
DESCRIBED AS -- BEING IN A
LIBERAL ENVIRONMENT HERE AND SHE
WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS ON HER
PODCAST.
PEOPLE DID NEED TO HEAR WHAT
SENATOR SCOTT WAS SAYING, NOT
ONLY FROM A PERSONAL
PERSPECTIVE, BUT HIS EXPERTISE
ON THIS ISSUE.
DURING THE PODCAST HE MADE A
GOOD POINT THAT THEY DID NOT
WANT A SOLUTION, THEY JUST
WANTED TO KEEP GOING, AND SHAME
ON ANYONE WHO IS NOT SERIOUS
ABOUT THAT, WATCHING CITIES
BURN, WATCHING LAW ENFORCEMENT
BE DENIGRATED TO THE POINT WHERE
COMMUNITIES ARE UNSAFE, BECAUSE
MANY CITIES DID DEFUND A LOT OF
THE POLICE, AND MULTIPLE
CITIZENS WOULD HAVE BENEFITED.
LOOK NOW LEFT WITH --
>> AND UNDER PRESSURE, THEY SAID
"THIS DID NOT MEET OUR
STANDARDS."
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" STANDARDS
SEEMS TO BE CHECKED WITH THE
OTHER PARTY, AND PRESENTS AN
OP-ED IF IT IS REPUBLICAN.
>> THERE ARE JOKES SAYING THAT
THE MEDIA ARE STENOGRAPHERS FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE AND
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THIS KIND OF PROVES THAT.
IT’S AMAZING -- BUT YOU HAVE TO
IMAGINE THAT WAS NOT JUST A
ONE-OFF DYNAMIC.
THIS IS IN A MEETING WITH PEOPLE
OPENLY DISCUSSING AN AN OLDER
COLLEAGUE, THINKING THAT THEY
WOULD MOVE THE YOUNGER COLLEAGUE
ALONG.
THE YOUNGER ONE WAS STICKING
WITH IT, THAT IT WASN’T FAIR,
BECAUSE IT WAS INHERENTLY UNFAIR
THAT YOU COULD DISAGREE, BUT
THAT IS THE NATURE OF A PLATFORM
FOR A CONVERSATION: YOU HAVE ALL
THESE PERSPECTIVES, ESPECIALLY
FROM A BLACK MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS
THE HISTORY, UNDERSTANDS
POVERTY, HAS A DIFFERENT GRASP,
WHETHER HE’S A REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT.
BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.
NO MATTER THEIR ROLE IN LIFE,
THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS, IT’S
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
ACROSS THE BOARD.
I THINK THAT’S ONE OF THE OTHER
THINGS AND ARE POLITICALLY
FRAUGHT SITUATION.
TRADITIONALLY, AMERICANS HAVE
MOVED TO THE MEDIA, RADIO,
CERTAINLY NOW TELEVISION, FOR A
PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING, NOT WHAT WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE INDOCTRINATED
WITH.
THEY ARE DOING IT IN SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE DOING IT TO ADULTS
THROUGH MEDIA, AND IF AMERICANS
HEED -- SALES HAVE GONE DOWN.
AMERICANS ARE CHOOSING WHAT THEY
CHOOSE TO READ AND WATCH, SO IT
IS A SHAME, BUT I’M NOT
SURPRISED >> NOT AT ALL.
THIS REBUTTAL SITUATION TO --
IMMEDIATELY PUBLISHES A
FACT-CHECK.
THESE SEEM LIKE 2024 TAKEDOWNS.
60 MINUTES DID THAT HIT PIECE,
LIKE A WHACK A MOLE, WHOEVER
SEEMS TO BE ON THE RISE.
>> YOU SEE THIS HAPPEN AT A VERY
HIGH LEVEL.
ANY CRAZY THING THAT ANY
REPUBLICAN EVER SAID, DEMOCRATS
ARE NEVER ASKED ABOUT THE CRAZY
THINGS AOC SAYS.
BUT HERE, YOU HAVE AN
AFRICAN AMERICAN REPUBLICAN
SENATOR COMMENTING ON MINORITY
RIGHTS, AND "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
ASKED AN OLD WHITE DEMOCRAT IF
THEY COULD PUBLISH IT?
WE ARE NOT RACIST?
WHAT IS THAT?
>> THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WANTS
TO FRAME ANY CONSERVATIVE, PARTICULARLY BLACK CONSERVATIVES
PARTICULARLY BLACK CONSERVATIVES
AS -- OR INSINCERE.
>> WHO IS CHUCK SCHUMER?
IS HE THE GODFATHER, THE
GATEKEEPER?
WHO IS HE TO DETERMINE WHETHER
IT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED OR NOT.
HIS ABILITY, HIS OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPRESS HIMSELF.
IT IS HIS RIGHT, JUST LIKE IT IS
FOR THE REST OF US.
I AM THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT
PARENTS WHO CAME HERE OVER 50
YEARS AGO TO ELLIS ISLAND, AND
JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER AMERICAN,
THEY WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE THE
AMERICAN DREAM AND HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY. YET, WE DEPRIVE THEM OF -- THAT
YET, WE DEPRIVE THEM OF -- THAT
IS WRONG.