Which Opinions Are Out of Bounds? - a podcast by New York Times Opinion

After The New York Times published an Op-Ed by Republican Senator Tom Cotton which called for a military response to civic unrest, readers and employees alike were in an uproar. In the two weeks since our last episode, a debate about what makes an idea worth amplifying has taken place inside the paper. This week, Frank, Michelle and Ross disagree about the publishing of the Op-Ed, and debate where the lines should be drawn around ideas too abhorrent to be presented in the public discourse. Then, a conversation about the reckoning across industries at the executive level. Is this #MeToo, 2.0, or something different? 

For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

Further episodes of Matter of Opinion

Further podcasts by New York Times Opinion

Website of New York Times Opinion