New York Times ‘slammed’ with cancellations as punishment for climate change heresy
As Twitchy reported, progressives were triggered whenBret Stephens, the new conservative columnist for the New York Times, published as his first piece a column about climate change. “Go eat dog dicks” was the considered response of Rolling Stone’sJesse Berney.
Keep in mind that Stephens didn’t disputethat climate change is real and man-made; his crime was to caution against “claiming total certainty about the science,” which isn’t scientific at all:
None of this is to deny climate change or the possible severity of its consequences. But ordinary citizens also have a right to be skeptical of an overweening scientism. They know as all environmentalists should that history is littered with the human wreckage of scientific errors married to political power.
Whoa, that’s some serious climate change denial right there! But there has to be room for some skepticism, right?
That sure sounds like heresy to us, and apparently it did to a lot of subscribers as well. Last we’d heard, Stephens hadn’t been burned at the stake, but subscribers were burning up the phone lines at the Times rushing to cancel.
I'm on hold with the @nytimes trying to cancel. They told me they're slammed with people canceling subscriptions because of Bret Stephens.
— Sean Kent (@seankent) April 29, 2017
wow brave pic.twitter.com/oQMa6fIc1K
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) April 29, 2017
So the new guy publishes one opinion piece in which he advises, “Censoriously asserting ones moral superiority and treating skeptics as imbeciles and deplorables wins few converts.” COME ON, MAN asserting one’s moral superiority is the entire point!
@seankent @nytimes People just don't get what "op-Ed" means I guess lol
— The Resistance (@DStewart541) April 29, 2017
Nope.
@seankent @nytimes I spent 1 hr and 10 mins on hold! I was nice to the girl, but she certainly got an earful! NO CANCEL BUTTON ONLINE? Good one NYT!
— Kevin McCormick (@KMMPDX) April 29, 2017
@seankent @nytimes Perfect! By the way you can go online if you have a digital subscription and cancel there. I hope that will teach them a lesson.
— Arriadna (@Arriadna) April 29, 2017
@seankent @Herring_NBA @nytimes They hung up on me.
— Julie DiCaro (@JulieDiCaro) April 29, 2017
The #NewYorkTimes really really really sucks. They won't even let you cancel your subscription. #BretStephens #climatechange #FlatEarthers
— Shelly Thomas (@VexedShelly) April 28, 2017
@seankent @nytimes Just cancelled as well. Tried to tell me his hire was abt hearing every side. Science deniers don't need any more platforms.
— Jonathan Revell (@jonathanRevell) April 29, 2017
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