The Buckley Institute presents
James Bennet, The Economist‘s Lexington columnist and a senior editor and former New York Times editorial page editor:
“Why Journalism is Falling Apart and Taking Liberalism With It”.
Bennet was forced to resign his position at The New York Times following the publication of an op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton arguing for the deployment of the military to help stop the Black Lives Matter riots in the summer of 2020.
James Bennet has also served as editorial page editor of The New York Times and editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. Before joining The Atlantic, he worked as a reporter at The Times in various roles, including Jerusalem bureau chief, magazine correspondent, White House correspondent and Detroit bureau chief.