NYT names its first openly gay op-ed columnist, Frank Bruni

[Newsjock]

Source: New York Times

Frank Bruni, whose writing career at The New York Times has spanned two presidential campaigns, part of a papacy and more than five years as chief restaurant critic, has been named an Op-Ed columnist.

Andrew Rosenthal, editor of the opinion pages, said in an e-mail to the staff on Monday that Mr. Bruni would write a new column in The Times’s redesigned Sunday Op-Ed pages.

“This column, which will be a new anchor feature of the section, will be a sharp, opinionated look at a big event of the last week, from a different or unexpected angle, or a small event that was really important but everyone seems to have missed, or something entirely different,” Mr. Rosenthal said. “It will fast become a destination for our readers with Frank at the keyboard.”

... Mr. Bruni, 46, is the first openly gay Op-Ed columnist in The Times’s 160-year history.

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[dsc]

1. his work in 2000 was nothing short of horrible

I wish they could have found a different gay person

[aquart]

2. I met him after that at a Columbia forum.

I asked him if he didn't think Bush's pals and policies fit the dictionary definition of fascism. He literally JUMPED backward squeaking "NO!" Then he asked "What is the dictionary definition of fascism?"

[QC]

3. Agreed. He sounded back then like he was part of Bush's PR team.

Maybe he's improved by now.