Of all the Come on, man moments from a clueless media industry, this has to be the Come on, maniest. The same newspaper that has contributed most to a Speech Police climate now complains that the Speech Police are under new management.
That’s not to say that the New York Times editorial board doesn’t raise a couple of arguable points. But they are the worst-positioned institution to make them — or at least second-worst:
In the distorted view of the Trump administration, protecting free speech requires controlling free speech — banning words, phrases and ideas that challenge or complicate a government-favored speech. Officials in Washington have spent the past month stripping federal websites of any hint of undesirable words and thoughts, disciplining news organizations that refuse to parrot the president’s language and threatening to punish those who…
