Last week, in a bit of journalistic hackery that would be merely scurrilous were its timing over Sukkot not so utterly pusillanimous, The New York Times saw fit to print a hit piece by Jane Coaston on Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro. Ben is more than capable of defending himself against Coaston’s distortions and falsehoods, and, indeed, he did precisely that on Monday’s podcast. Since I am a fan of The Godfather and believe dead horses are better suited for Jack Woltz’s bedroom than for superfluous beatings, I withhold any further riposte to Coaston’s insipid drudgery.
In the aftermath of Coaston’s screed, Philip H. DeVoe wrote a short piece defending Ben at National Review‘s “The Corner” blog, to which Coaston then responded via tweet storm. Two of her tweets, in particular, merit further reflection:
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