A reader writes:
I saw your sharp words about TNR’s Israel coverage. Without getting into the substance of those pieces, I have to disagree with the idea that there’s some monolithic TNR take on the region. In general, the magazine has downplayed the notion of an editorial line – far fewer opinion pieces in print – and among the diversity of voices TNR runs online are a bunch that never ran under the previous ownership. On Tuesday, this piece attacked the neocons and Netanyahu over the inaccurate, knee-jerk evocations of Munich following the Iran deal (and every other recent foreign-policy development). And last week, before those pieces you didn’t like, TNR had this and this. There’s more, but you get my drift.
None of this means you have to like – or even refrain from dissing! – any of the stories you cited. But I don’t think it’s fair to call the mag one sided anymore.
It’s certainly good to have John Judis in the mix. Another reader:
If your husband were running for Congress in New York, would you confront Israel in your magazine? What better way to get a solid commitment from Schumer to help your husband’s campaign than to run a puff piece on him in your magazine? And it is a puff piece.
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