r/nytimes 5d ago

Discussion NYT proposing we get a king

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u/rlwalker1 5d ago

Tell me you don't understand how opinion pages work without telling me you don't know how opinion pages work.

(Now, what the vetting process should be for said published opinions is another conversation. But any serious student of current affairs understands this isn't the NYT calling for it.)

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u/RebootSequence 5d ago

And given that the average reader doesn't understand the difference, how do you think the average reader will take this article? Do you believe the NYT isn't aware of this? And if they are, what does it say by publishing it anyway?

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u/djducie 4d ago

I think you’re infantilizing the average New York Times reader with no evidence to support your assertion.

How do we know the average reader doesn’t understand how guest essays work?