The editorial board fired back by publishing a defiant statement that carried the sub-headline, “These pages won’t wilt under cancel-culture pressure.”The Journal’s editorial page editor, Paul Gigot, remained similarly unmoved by the blowback from Epstein’s op-ed. Readers also sounded off, resulting in the resignation of the paper’s editorial page editor, James Bennet, and the reassignment of his deputy, James Dao. Miles Taylor, the former Department of Homeland Security official who outed himself as “Anonymous” in October, said he never considered publishing his anti-Trump essay anywhere but the New York Times. Socolow cites several Times op-eds from the 1970s that would probably prompt an angry reaction, but passed without major controversy at the time. (Times acting editorial page editor Kathleen Kingsbury did not respond to a request for comment).

Source: Washington Post December 28, 2020 18:56 UTC