When it was his turn to speak, Sulzberger cited a statistic claiming that only a small number of people tweeting about Times stories actually clicked on them, suggesting many readers judge the stories before actually reading them.
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The top editor reiterated that the headline was a mistake-“It was a fucking mess,” he told the staff-but joined other newsroom leaders in cautioning staff not to overreact to Twitter comments about the paper’s editorial decisions.īaquet said the paper shouldn’t allow itself to be edited by Twitter outrage. He feels terrible,” Baquet said of the person who wrote the offending headline. The headline, which proclaimed “Trump Urges Unity Against Racism,” faced criticism both outside and within the paper among those who said the publication was papering over the president’s history of racist comments and how Trump seemed to focus on other issues, including violent video games, more than racism and xenophobia. Much of the meeting focused on outrage over a headline last week following multiple mass shootings, including one in El Paso that authorities have said was seemingly motivated by racial hatred. Sulzberger also spoke-not the norm-Baquet reiterated much of what he has publicly said about the challenges the paper faces in an era of hyper-polarization and media distrust.īut he also acknowledged that the paper has work to do, conceding that the Times had “a couple of significant missteps.”
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Throughout the meeting, during which Times publisher A.G.