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Randy Southerland's avatar

I agree completely. With some exceptions the Times columnists are all pretty boring and generally out of touch.

Although, I think “cartoonishly out of touch with his readers” could also be used to describe even stories outside the op-ed pages.

Like the Times recent bashing of the idea that employees can, should or should even want to work from home. The stories like many Times “trend” pieces — are driven by scant data, and quotes from outliers and people with a vested interest in getting people back into the office — like older managers who can’t figure out how to operate in a virtual world.

It’s one example but it’s not hard to find others. Unfortunately.

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Liz's avatar

I'm less worried about the Times, and much more worried about publications like the New York Post and the Boston Herald. Far more people read them, and it takes their editorial columnists far fewer than 20 years to churn out lazy/dangerous content. Of course, that's exactly what they're hired for.

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