In a rare uplifting press story, New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn seemed to lose patience with incessant demands that he elect Joe Biden instead of reporting news, directing an epic, And Justice For All-style "No, you're out of order!" tirade against the White House and its lackeys.
When Ben Smith at Semafor asked Kahn about former Obama official Dan Pfeiffer's complaint that the Times does not "See their job as saving democracy or stopping an authoritarian from taking power," Kahn went ballistic.
Kahn didn't stop, announcing a formal re-drawing of lines in the sand.
"There are people out there in the world who may decide, based on their democratic rights, to elect Donald Trump as president," Kahn told Smith.
"It is not the job of the news media to prevent that from happening. It's the job of Biden and the people around Biden to prevent that from happening."
Kahn: I'm open to graduates from whatever school who understand what they need to commit to being in an independent news environment.
Kahn's outburst inspired quiet cheers by current and former working reporters around the world.
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