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WSJ stands firm against internal twitter mob
https://www.foxnews.com/media/wsj-editor...-criticism

"The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board responded Friday to pushback from staffers about the paper's opinion section and diversity in their newsroom, declaring that "we are not the New York Times" and that it will not succumb to "cancel culture."


In a note to readers, the editorial board sought to reassure readers that "these pages won’t wilt under cancel-culture pressure," noting the "outpouring of support" from readers for the opinion pages.

"It was probably inevitable that the wave of progressive cancel culture would arrive at the Journal, as it has at nearly every other cultural, business, academic, and journalistic institution. But we are not the New York Times. Most Journal reporters attempt to cover the news fairly and down the middle, and our opinion pages offer an alternative to the uniform progressive views that dominate nearly all of today’s media," the note stated.

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"As long as our proprietors allow us the privilege to do so, the opinion pages will continue to publish contributors who speak their minds within the tradition of vigorous, reasoned discourse. And these columns will continue to promote the principles of free people and free markets, which are more important than ever in what is a culture of growing progressive conformity and intolerance....""
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RE: WSJ stands firm against internal twitter mob
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The fact they feel compelled to make this state illustrates how fricked the media has become.
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You know, in something other than the media or Silicon Valley, going public with this sort of thing would get you fired.
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Spent 10+ yrs with that company @ corporate HQ. Good times. Had numerous dealings with the NYT. The NYT peeps were a bunch of arrogant POS.
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