The New York Times Public Editor's Alt-Right Blindspot

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A reporter’s simple retweet landed him at the center of an alt-right harassment campaign—so why is he the one apologizing?

Published Mar. 17 2017 8:44PM EDT

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What happens when your newspaper’s public editor, the person in charge of finding out what happened when your newspaper messes up, messes up?

That appears to be what happened to New York Times public editor Liz Spayd in her Friday ombudswoman column, in which she publicly rebuked Times Culture writer Sopan Deb...

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The New York Times Public Editor's Alt-Right Blindspot

A reporter’s simple retweet landed him at the center of an alt-right harassment campaign—so why is he the one apologizing?

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Ben Collins