The librarians of Citrus County, Fla., had what seemed like a modest wish: A digital subscription to the New York Times. For about $2,700 annually, they reasoned, they could offer their roughly 70,000 patrons an easy way to research and catch up on the news. But when their request came before the Citrus County commission last month, local officials literally laughed out loud. One commissioner, Scott Carnahan, declared the paper to be “fake news.” “I agree with President Trump,” he said. “I will not be voting for this. I don’t want the New York Times in this county.”
So here we are. The New York Times, now in its 168th year, the second most admired company of any sector in the country, is now being aggressively pushed out of various parts of the Unites States, in favor of news outlets that are not critical of the president.
If this doesn’t look like Orwell’s dystopia, it’s hard to imagine what does.
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