Arthur Brisbane, who is departing his
post as New York Times public editor in September, believes
that the paper “overloves” gay marriage.
In his final column, Brisbane opined
that his former employer treats marriage equality more like a cause
than a news subject.
“When The Times covers a
national presidential campaign, I have found that the lead editors
and reporters are disciplined about enforcing fairness and balance,
and usually succeed in doing so. Across the paper's many
departments, though, so many share a kind of political and cultural
progressivism – for lack of a better term – that this worldview
virtually bleeds through the fabric of The Times.”
“As a result, developments like the
Occupy movement and gay marriage seem almost to erupt in The
Times, overloved and undermanaged, more like causes than news
subjects,” he
wrote.
Margaret Sullivan, the former editor
and vice president of The Buffalo Times, will succeed Brisbane
next month.