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It’s not that the institution of the Times _can’t_ crusade, as the paper’s former executive editor implied during the Trump years. Rather, democracy just isn’t what winds up present-day Times leadership. The defense of a certain social order is.

We asked for crusading journalism to protect democracy. Instead, the Times gives us crusading journalism against trans folks.

BBC World Service - Newshour, New York Times: "We're not supposed to be leaders of the resistance to...www.bbc.co.uk Dean Baquet, Executive Editor of the NYT, on challenges to journalism in the Trump era