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I was not familiar with the Pamela Paul, here is how the New Yorker’s Molly Fischer titles her essay on Paul:

The Rules According to Pamela Paul At the Times,

Paul often writes on the hazards of shifting norms. But she’s also revealed the fraught position of the opinion columnist.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-rules-according-to-pamela-paul

Pamela Paul closing paragraphs is awash in the ‘scolding’ of dissenting students. Hardly a surprise. History might offer something of value, on the vexing question of ‘student protests’ ? Some of her readership might recall vividly Mario Savio of of 1964:

To put it bluntly Pamela Paul is a Careerist who has found a safe position at The New York Times: examining ‘on the hazards of shifting norms’ where her political conformity is of value: to a newspaper attached to the most toxic expressions of what the New York Times most values, political conformity. The Reader need only look at it’s triad of commentators : Friedman, Brooks, Stephens as evidence of that fact!

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For decades, employers used elite colleges as a kind of human resources proxy to vet potential candidates and make their jobs easier by doing a first cut. Given that those elite schools were hotbeds of activism this year, that calculus may no longer prove as reliable. Forbes reported that employers are beginning to sour on the Ivy League. “The perception of what those graduates bring has changed. And I think it’s more related to what they’re actually teaching and what they walk away with,” an architectural firm told Forbes.

The American university has long been seen as a refuge from the real world, a sealed community unto its own. The outsize protests this past year showed that in a social media-infused, cable-news-covered world, the barrier has become more porous. What flies on campus doesn’t necessarily pass in the real world.

The toughest lesson for young people of this generation may be that while they’ve been raised to believe in their right to change the world, the rest of the world may neither share nor be ready to indulge their particular vision.

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As a newspaper reader since 1960, Pamela Paul represents what used to be called ‘hard-hitting’, when men were ascendent in newspaper business. Though Paul engages in the ‘shaming’ of students with a certain gusto, once reserved for that cadre of entitled males. In sum, its the same old grift!

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P. S. Pamela Paul on Journalistic Ethics

Coming from a decade in the newsroom and two decades as a freelance writer, I apply those same standards and rigor to my work as an Opinion columnist. I always write what I believe to be accurate and true, even if it means presenting facts and opinions that challenge readers rather than reaffirm their preconceptions or preferences. I strive to write about complicated issues with clarity, nuance and sensitivity. I never blurb books. I avoid or disclose potential conflicts. I prefer to express my opinions on platforms other than social media. You can read this to learn more about our ethical guidelines.

Editor: Self-congratulation is no stranger to Pamela Paul!