Why Did The NY Times Change Its Mind On Marijuana?

This doesn’t happen often. Liberals don’t often admit error.

But why did the NY Times change sides? (HT: Fred)

I suspect it is because the state of New York legalized marijuana; and the publisher and editors of that newspaper are now living with the consequences.

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On the night of 7 November 2000, after the polls had closed for the 2000 United States presidential election, CNN predicted Al Gore would win Florida and the presidency. Later, CNN retracted the call and cited Florida as being too close to call before finally awarding Florida to George W. Bush. Anchor Jeff Greenfield likened CNN’s error to eating crow. Many other American newspapers retracted and were also said to eat crow.[

triadconservative_5yodkx says:

February 16, 2026 at 9:54 am

I suppose it’s human nature, Fred, to be reluctant to admit error. But the mainstream media was so arrogant, for so long, that it is satisfying to note when they have to “eat crow”. As you know, it rarely happens, even though they are often wrong in various ways.

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