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It gets worse:

Dean Baquet, the executive editor:

>That criticism I firmly reject. The project fell fully within our standards as a news organization. In fact, 1619 - and especially the work of Nikole - fill me with pride.

Any dissent got quashed from high above.

Dean is leading like a leader who cares more about keeping his job than doing a good job.

I'd call that better. It shows that at the very least some people inside their groups are willing the discuss and debate. The level of groupthink is probably lower than previously thought and the guild might be salvageable.

Is that worse, or better?

It suggests that said leader in the journalist's union might not be a journalist, but an activist.