One imagines Sulzberger calling @NicholasGuyatt in the middle of the night to ask him to write something good about the 1619 Project. "You gotta help me out here." Including a totally gratuitous use of the word "fragility." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/opinion/1619-nikole-hannah-jones-bret-stephens.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/1...

Guyatt suggests that the critics were protecting their turf; and that, being white and male, it& #39;s hard for them to accept Jones& #39; reimagining of America. He never does them or us the courtesy of addressing their substantive criticisms. This feels like -- what& #39;s the word? -- p.r.

What& #39;s most embarrassing about this is that, once upon a time, Cambridge historians and NYT editors would have blanched at this sort of ad hominem attack.

Now, apparently, it& #39;s all they have, and instead of conceding as much, they dig in. Toddler-like.