Yes, this is 100% real.
Twitter world, meet Joe Kahn, the new executive editor of the New York Times who thought it would be a good idea to introduce himself to readers with this snazzy photo and profile in New York Magazine:
The new executive editor of the New York Times poses for a profile in @NYMag: https://t.co/EzwEZd5JEX pic.twitter.com/lALQzrljxH
— Byron York (@ByronYork) April 20, 2022
You’ve heard of toxic masculinity? This could be the opposite of that:
Untoxic masculinity is a problem. https://t.co/MHsiataNqk
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) April 20, 2022
And the caption says “relaxing with the paper”:
Caption says he's "relaxing with the paper"??? https://t.co/7yPENbHFri
— Howard Beale’s hate child (@BealesHateChild) April 20, 2022
Because this is totally how normal people “relax” while reading a newspaper?
“Idiot Boy, we’re making you executive editor of the New York Times. You know how to sit in a chair, right?” pic.twitter.com/Mv6cuH16Rh
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) April 20, 2022
It actually looks like he fell off his chair:
Tip the cup over and it looks like he fell off his chair. https://t.co/hDzmS3mTCt
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) April 20, 2022
Maybe it’s a Life Alert commercial? “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”:
Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!
— Dee Moorman (@newzmom) April 20, 2022
And remember the character named Gunther on “Friends”?
He was always interesting playing Gunther, on Friends. https://t.co/xqUG1XLqPE
— Deebs (@DeebsFLA) April 20, 2022
Nailed it:
I loved him on Friends as Gunther! pic.twitter.com/4NZ1ZKCT92
— Matty Matt Matt Matt (@MindOverMatt71) April 20, 2022
There are other comparisons as well. . .
Such as this iconic image from “South Park”:
same energy pic.twitter.com/bOhX4NzEcA
— Josemaría Piulada (@txiokatu) April 20, 2022
Leave to Iowahawk to send us racing for the eye bleach:
Before / After
Ask What a Degree From Columbia Journalism School Can Do For You pic.twitter.com/hBdo3sImDf
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 20, 2022
It does have a George Costanza vibe, too:
— Mark Judge (@markgjudge) April 20, 2022
We’ll also point out there’s some substantial criticism of the piece. The WaPo’s Felicia Sonmez noted that no women were quoted in the article:
One might think it's impossible to write a 6,000-plus-word story without quoting a single woman, but … one would be wrong! https://t.co/JQFOTmanq1
— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) April 19, 2022
What say you, New York Times?
***
Related:
New York Times reporters urged to ‘meaningfully reduce’ their time on Twitter
The New York Times’s Thomas Friedman thinks Ukraine might be ‘our first true world war’
Join the conversation as a VIP Member