"If you work in a newsroom right now," he wrote on Twitter , "you're probably witnessing or participating in a raging debate over the role journalists should be playing that could end up being very consequential." People are pointing out problems with some traditional journalistic attitudes and arguing for new approaches and new leaders. Readers, subscribers, sources, professional critics, and aspiring journalists are all paying attention to these debates. "While this has been a painful week across the company, it has sparked urgent and important conversations," Sulzberger wrote employees. Oliver Darcy writes: "This entire episode could not have gone better for Tom Cotton if he wrote the script himself," Olivia Nuzzi tweeted.

Source: CNN June 08, 2020 04:18 UTC