Wall Street Journal news-industry reporter Alexandra Bruell broke a story on Friday about managers at The New York Times struggling with the intolerance of new employees who are “applying ideological purity tests” to stories on “sensitive topics like the transgender community and social justice.” Those kids coming out of college don’t bow to the wisdom of their elders who may still want to portray themselves as neutral and independent of ideological camps.
The Bruell story was headlined:
New York Times Bosses Seek to Quash Rebellion in the Newsroom
After internal upheaval over coverage of sensitive topics like the Israel-Gaza war, management r …