NYU journalism prof also wants to know how WaPo's new female executive editor will tackle the US becoming 'an authoritarian White Christian nationalist state'

Sarah D | 6:07 PM on May 17, 2021

Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan wrote a piece about Sally Buzbee, who was recently named as the Post’s executive editor.

The Washington Post will soon have a woman as its top editor. And yes, that matters. … My column on ⁦@SallyBuzbee⁩’s appointment, (informed by my being a ‘first woman’ a few times myself) https://t.co/iuwEYIdH7w

— 💫 Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) May 16, 2021

Don’t worry — Sullivan makes it clear that Buzbee’s appointment isn’t stunning and brave just because she’s a woman. Look at Fox News, after all:

There is, of course, no reason to think that a female leader is, by definition, an enlightened leader. Suzanne Scott is the CEO of Fox News, but I haven’t noticed any improvement there since her appointment in 2018. The network’s tolerance for racism and misinformation, especially from its prime-time rainmakers such as Tucker Carlson, has only sunk deeper into the muck.

Sullivan must concede that, as exciting as this news is, it’s going to be an uphill battle for Sally Buzbee. And NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen agrees:

From @Sulliview's new column on the Washington Post getting its first woman editor, Sally Buzbee, this part struck me. It's the same question I have. https://t.co/SJ66hFI937 pic.twitter.com/RbDHVnSSfD

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) May 16, 2021

That’s your question, Jay? That’s your question?

lol

— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) May 17, 2021

That’s sane. And by that I mean the opposite.

— Random Old Guy (@GerryDales) May 17, 2021

This story by Ben Smith on the Jeopardy contestants losing their minds (https://t.co/SIUhh6klen) is deeply applicable to the @jayrosen_nyu tweet below. Leftwing insane group think is as much as thing as the rightwing insane group think the left frets about. https://t.co/VKfJFeFYrA

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 17, 2021