In a sane world, this would be satire. Instead, Adam Rubenstein’s lengthy essay at The Atlantic attempts to inject sanity into a journalism industry that has turned into a partisan cult.
And when we say cult, we mean it — all the way to the finger-snapping struggle session Rubenstein, a former Opinion editor at the New York Times, experienced in his orientation meeting at the paper. Charles C.W. Cooke immediately grasped just how ridiculous this introduction to the Gray Lady turned out to be, and how revealing:
“What’s your favorite sandwich?”
“The spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A.”
“Wrong!” pic.twitter.com/4A72FSL11N— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 26, 2024
Rubenstein’s dilemma may provoke laughter, especially with the immediate and cultish response from his fellow new-hires, who sound as though they got recruited from an Occupy Wall Street encampment….
