New York Times climate correspondent David Gelles violated one of the key tenets of legacy lefty media: He took his activism off the newspaper page. The lesson here: For Times staff (and so much of modern media), advocacy belongs in your reporting, not on your social media. Of course the pretense is of full objectivity, with no advocacy at all, but the proof otherwise is in the pieces. Gelles has authored such articles as “Hope and Despair on a Boiling Planet,” “Is It Too Hot for Fun in the Summertime?” and “Climate Disasters Daily? Gelles’ beliefs are obvious, in other words; the real rule he broke is: Don’t state your biases explicitly.

Source: New York Times January 24, 2024 04:49 UTC