Hit piece in the NYT?

[CTyankee]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/opinion/susan-rice-africa.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Bret Stephens, the author, is an opinion columnist for the NYT. He also has a Pulitzer Prize.

He is described as conservative.

What do you think if this being published today?

[Trumpocalypse]

1. Definitely a hit piece

And some of the attacks we can expect of Rice is selected for VP.

[CTyankee]

4. I was wondering if he found out something we don't know...

then I read his bio. He is bound to do this, as a conservative. He wants to undermine her on the day that she might be chosen.

But this is a warning. These guys don't play nice.

[Zoonart]

2. Just the tip of the OPO iceberg.

They are dying to run against Rice. I say bring it.

[spanone]

3. bret stephens...

The New York Times should not have hired climate change bullshitter Bret Stephens

May 1, 2017, 9:30am EDT

Earlier this month, the New York Times hired conservative Bret Stephens, longtime writer for the Wall Street Journal, as a columnist for its opinion page.

It really shouldn’t have.

For one thing, though the paper defends the hire in the name of opinion diversity, Stephens is a very familiar sort of establishment conservative — a cosmopolitan, well-educated, reflexively pro-Israel war hawk (who once wrote a column on “the disease of the Arab mind”) who thinks anti-racists are the real racists but moderates on select issues to demonstrate his independence.

It is difficult to imagine a perspective more over-represented in DC political circles, at least relative to its representation in the actual conservative movement. In terms of intellectual contribution, his main credential seems to be that he has opposed Donald Trump.

https://www.vox.com/2017/5/1/15482698/new-york-times-bret-stephens

[still_one]

6. That is exactly what I was going to point out, his climate denying change bullshit. One of the

several reasons I dropped my subscription to the NYT and switched to the WP

[spanone]

8. I did the same earlier this year...

[still_one]

11. I guess great minds think alike

[spanone]

12. I've really enjoyed the WP

[uponit7771]

26. +1

[Mike 03]

5. People are commenting about this on Twitter

It is a disgrace.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. The Bedbug Guy

Just another conservative shitheel.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/aug/30/bret-stephens-bedbug-column-twitter

[frazzled]

9. It's an op ed

The editorial pages publish a spectrum of views from lefty to conservative voices from op ed columnists. That's what "opinion" means. We can agree or disagree with those opinions.

Once we start demanding that only certain opinions are publishable, we're going down the rabbit hole. Let's get over it: Times readers are smart enough to form their own opinions about columnists' opinions.

[thinkingagain]

10. It doesn't matter who Joe picks

Things like this will come out as trying to destroy the persons reputation.
Heck even if Joe picked Jesus as his running mate we could expect to see things like.
“ seriously the man never shaves.”
“ but he was a criminal they brought him up on charges”
“ he is wacky spent 40 days in the desert”
And of course
“ He was crucified I like people who weren’t crucified”

So expect trashing to happen and be prepared to defend or ignore the fake stuff.

I believe Joes got it handled and is ready and so is his pick.

[soothsayer]

17. "He can't even swim! Walks on water"

“Turning water into wine?! For shame!”

[thinkingagain]

29. Exactly

😊
Have a beautiful day.

[Pachamama]

13. I don't believe it is going to be Susan Rice....

So Bret Stephens just wasted his effort to smear the future the VP...

I do believe she will however be future Sec Of State....

[Wounded Bear]

14. Opinions are like assholes...

everyone's got one and everybody thinks the other guy's stinks.

[HotTeaBag]

15. A hit piece, but all appears to be true - just facts being used to go after her.

If it's this easy to take her record down, why would Joe want to have to deal with it moving into the election?

Seems like an unnecessary burden - more prudent to go with someone as VP with less baggage that can be so easily attacked.

Just bring her into the administration when it's all over.

[CTyankee]

18. I didn't realize how deep the hit could be with Rice. I supported her for her foreign policy cred

and the fact that her presence reminds folks of the good Obama admin. Now I see exactly where they are going to attack her.

[HotTeaBag]

22. I'll admit to being taken aback by the piece as well.

I've been a big supporter of her for the last few weeks based mostly on her appearances on MSNBC and the like and just figured they'd go after Benghazi if Joe picked her, which has been adjudicated over and over and would be relatively easy to manage.

But there's so much more fertile ground for attack that even though I think she'd be a great asset to the Biden Administration, I'm not so sure that picking her as VP would be the best course of action (though I admittedly know next to nothing).

Having Susan Rice on the ticket would be a shiny object for Trump campaign (and more importantly, the media) to go after rather than focusing on the disaster that has been the last three and a half years of Donald Trump in the White House.

[CTyankee]

25. Kamala Harris won't be a walk in the park either. Nobody in public life is stainless...or made to

seem so. The closest we got was Obama. No extramarital affairs, no grifting, etc. He was damn near perfect, in that respect. They didn't like some things he wrote but he didn't call for riots in the street. So here we are.

[HotTeaBag]

27. Yeah, Joe is kind of in a damned if he does, damned if he doesn't position.

There isn't a single 'home run' on his short list as it's being reported. Though my hope is still for Warren - though it seems to be fading fast.

[CTyankee]

28. We'll find out soon, then we can steel ourselves for further hits.

This won't be pretty but I think we'll win. Gotta be ready with legal teams ready to stop what they can of the cheating attempts. I trust that Biden's team has got what it takes to do just that.

[Me.]

16. Here We Go Again

did he mention her emails?

[CTyankee]

19. A New York Times columnist can't find fresher material?

I know it's a joke, but really...

[brooklynite]

20. Are you looking for the Times to offer only liberal opinions that you agree with?

[CTyankee]

21. Oh, I know, I know...but I gotta take that shot...

[Paladin]

24. Yeah, pretty much.

If they have to give right-wing spewers a platform, they can sure as hell do better than douchebags like Bret Stephens or Ross Douthat.

[SoonerPride]

23. There will be hit pieces on WHOMEVER Biden chooses

Expect tons of "serious think pieces" taking the knives to whoever his running mate is.

There will be tons of concern trolling and outright lies spewed.

Brace yourself.

[BusyBeingBest]

30. Meh. Foreign policy is a tricky business.

I mean, Bob Gates said Biden has been wrong on every foreign policy decision, ever. So I guess he shouldn't accept the nomination, then?