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dalton99a

(81,530 posts) Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:42 PM Sep 2018

The story behind the New York Times' anonymous op-ed blasting Trump

https://www.localnews8.com/news/politics/the-story-behind-the-new-york-times-anonymous-oped-blasting-trump/790940136

The story behind the New York Times' anonymous op-ed blasting Trump
Paper approached by senior official
BRIAN STELTER
Posted: Sep 05, 2018 05:17 PM MDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - Several days ago a senior official in the Trump administration used an intermediary to contact New York Times op-ed page editor Jim Dao.

Through the go-between, the senior official expressed interest in writing an explosive piece for the paper, describing a "resistance" to President Trump within the government that works overtime to protect the United States from the president's worst impulses.

Dao, of course, isn't saying. In a telephone interview, he was careful not to share any identifying details, even the person's gender.

Many officials within the administration can be considered "senior," even if they do not work in the West Wing or interact directly with Trump.

Dao declined to characterize just how "senior" the whistleblower is. He said the Times did speak to the author directly, but wouldn't say how so.

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The story behind the New York Times' anonymous op-ed blasting Trump (Original Post) dalton99a Sep 2018 OP

KR Cha Sep 2018 #1

Ooooh last line is a tease GusBob Sep 2018 #2

Fox news 7p edt saying WH news [Woodward, etc. ] ' will blow over' and the next empedocles Sep 2018 #3

tRump & fox better be careful what they hope for. An indictment could move it off the front page. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #4

+1 dewsgirl Sep 2018 #5

"he was careful not to share any identifying details, even the person's gender." BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #6

I doubt NYT social media team knows FreeState Sep 2018 #8

Oh I expect they don't know BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #9

Maybe the use of "he" was intended to mislead. Croney Sep 2018 #7

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #10

Kick GusBob Sep 2018 #11

Listen to "The Daily" podcast from NYT tomorrow. It always reveals in depth details about the news. Kablooie Sep 2018 #12

Cha

(297,356 posts)

1. KR

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:44 PM

Sep 2018

GusBob

(7,286 posts)

2. Ooooh last line is a tease

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:47 PM

Sep 2018

More Op-eds in the future possible

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

3. Fox news 7p edt saying WH news [Woodward, etc. ] ' will blow over' and the next

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:47 PM

Sep 2018

news cycle will take over.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,013 posts)

4. tRump & fox better be careful what they hope for. An indictment could move it off the front page. nt

Reply to empedocles (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:49 PM

Sep 2018

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

5. +1

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:51 PM

Sep 2018

BumRushDaShow

(129,165 posts)

6. "he was careful not to share any identifying details, even the person's gender."

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:56 PM

Sep 2018

Except whoever operates the NYT twitter account indicated "he" -

Link to tweet

TEXT

In Opinion

In an anonymous Op-Ed, a senior Trump administration official says he and others are working to frustrate the president’s “misguided impulses.” https://nyti.ms/2Q6wEiP
3:51 PM - Sep 5, 2018

FreeState

(10,572 posts)

8. I doubt NYT social media team knows

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 08:24 PM

Sep 2018

The text of that tweet was written by someone other than the articles author (likely the social media team). It’s called gender bias in writing, I wouldn’t take it as proof it’s a “he”.

BumRushDaShow

(129,165 posts)

9. Oh I expect they don't know

Reply to FreeState (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 08:27 PM

Sep 2018

However they could have considered using "gender neutral" terms considering what the OP Editor went through to keep it nebulous. But they apparently didn't think about that, so much of the discussion surrounding the editorial's author has generally focused on a male.