Am I wrong? Yesterday I canceled my New York Times subscription due to the hiring of

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21. You are perfectly within your right to do so. Don't listen

to those who are claiming the NYT hire of Bret Stephens is in service to promoting a free exchange of ideas and you just don't like to hear other opinions. That is a cop-out. The Times' op-ed is not an open forum for anyone to express their views. It is curated by the NYT and their choices say something about the viewpoints they wish to highlight and present as important. You are under no obligation to agree with their selection and there's no reason why you can't decide to take your money and attention elsewhere.

The claim this is all about free expression and exchange of ideas falls flat when they then contend you should have to sit there with your eyes propped open and digest all of it. This so called free exchange does not include your freedom to decide whether to participate in it. This freedom only goes one way, it seems. As if everyone is obligated to consume all the media there is, with no choice in the matter. What they're really saying is you're wrong for not enjoying the same media they do.