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4/15/2003

A Voice in the Wilderness


The Village Voice Reports on the NYT



The Village Voice, noted conservative news source for many years, writes about the carnage over at the paper of record.


'Republic of Fear' by Cynthia Cotts


There are many rooms in that palace and nobody sees the whole picture. But, says one source, "the old timers who lived through the worst of [former executive editor] Abe Rosenthal say they have never seen anyone be so arrogant, so petty, so mean. Vindictiveness is in." Another source says, "It's no longer about managing down. It's about paying obeisance to the king." Among cognoscenti, 43rd Street is now known as the "republic of fear."


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