tldr:
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WSJ op-ed questions if Biden team's Jill Biden should be called "Dr." Jill Biden for her educational degree.
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Leftists decided WSJ was sexist
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Fake news media rallies to tell WSJ to retract their article
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That's it.
The Biden Team Strikes Back
Its strategists promote an identity politics campaign against an op-ed on Jill Biden’s use of ‘Dr.’
By Paul A. Gigot Dec. 13, 2020 6:06 pm ET
The catalyst was our Saturday op-ed by Joseph Epstein, “Is There a Doctor in the White House? Not if You Need an M.D.” Mr. Epstein, a longtime contributor, criticized the habit of people with Ph.D.s or other doctorates calling themselves “Dr.” as highfalutin, using Jill Biden as Exhibit A. Mr. Epstein can be acerbic, and his piece began: “Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo: a bit of advice on what may seem like a small but I think is a not unimportant matter. Any chance you might drop the ‘Dr.’ before your name?”
This has triggered a flood of media and Twitter criticism, including demands that I retract the piece, apologize personally to Mrs. Biden, ban Mr. Epstein for all time, and resign and think upon my sins. The complaints began as a trickle but became a torrent after the Biden media team elevated Mr. Epstein’s work in what was clearly a political strategy.
The difference is that when Mr. Trump rants against the press, the press mobilizes in opposition. In this case the Biden team was able to mobilize almost all of the press to join in denouncing Mr. Epstein and the Journal. Nearly every publication wrote about the Biden response, reinforcing the Biden-New York Times line: “An Opinion Writer Argued Jill Biden Should Drop the ‘Dr.’ (Few Were Swayed.)”
If you disagree with Mr. Epstein, fair enough. Write a letter or shout your objections on Twitter. But these pages aren’t going to stop publishing provocative essays merely because they offend the new administration or the political censors in the media and academe. And since it’s a time to heal, we’ll give the Biden crowd a mulligan for their attacks on us.
BTW:
https://archive.vn/0Ry2R Sunny McSunnyface @sunnyright 13 Dec 2020
People with doctorates who the @nytimes refers to by just their names:
Newt Gingrich … Tammy Duckworth … Madeleine Albright … David Petraeus … HR McMaster
Recall that the WSJ also broke the Journolist scandal in 2010:
'Call Them Racists'
How "journolists" tried to suppress the news.
By JAMES TARANTO Updated July 20, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET
Wonder if they'll be "persuaded" to "voluntarily resign" later, like James Bennet, Barri Weiss, Adam Rubenstein were ejected from the NYT.