New NY Times editor: Reporters should 'step back' from reliance on Twitter to 'vet grievances'
Joe Kahn, who began this week as executive editor of The New York Times, said journalists should "step back" from using social media to complain about leadership at their outlets or get into arguments with critics online. "What we’ve done is, a few weeks ago we put out our own sort of restatement of our approach to Twitter, which many of us spent quite a bit of time thinking through. And I’m glad we did it," Kahn told Vanity Fair this week.
Read MoreFlagging Free Speech: A coach runs afoul of the NFL with a different view of Jan. 6
Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio trains his players to be ready for "audibles," a play changed right before a snap at the scrimmage line. Last week, there was one audible he clearly did not see coming. Del Rio found himself the center of controversy after he called out the media for focusing on the Jan. 6 riot but ignoring the damage caused in protests in cities like Portland and Seattle. The team
Read MoreThree-quarters in new survey say US headed in the wrong direction
Roughly three-fourths of Americans are saying in a new poll released on Wednesday that things in the United States are going in the wrong direction, a sentiment that is supported by majorities in both parties. A new Politico-Morning Consult poll found that 74 percent of respondents believe that things in the U.S. have gotten off on the wrong track compared to 26 percent who sa
Read MoreBiden approval rating drops for third straight week in Reuters-Ipsos
President Biden’s approval rating has dropped for its third straight week, according to a new Reuters-Ipsos poll. The poll, which was completed on Tuesday, showed Biden’s approval rating at 39 percent, with 56 percent of Americans disapproving of his job performance. A three-week decline for Biden’s approval rating marks a tough month for the president
Read MoreWill Biden reset the bipartisan partnership between Washington and Jerusalem?
The White House announced yesterday that President Biden will travel to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia from July 13-16 to “reinforce the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s security and prosperity…”That’s important, and connects to a largely unnoticed reset of the bipartisan partnership between Washington and Jerusalem. Biden has led the effort in the
Read More