• JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      202·
      4 days ago

      Opinion pieces are chosen by the editors. They don’t allow any opinions they don’t want to make print.

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
        5·
        4 days ago

        Exactly. For example, they have a policy of not allowing trans writers to write opinion pieces on trans issues, as they consider the people most knowledgeable about trans issues to be “biased.”

    • sudo@programming.dev
      5·
      4 days ago

      Brett Stevens is a permanent opinion piece writer at the NYT. This isn’t directly from the editorial board but it is a person they hired directly.

      He is their “pet conservative” though so he’s a professional moron.