(Oops, not true, I just didn't notice it. Good job NYT!)
(Oops, not true, I just didn't notice it. Good job NYT!)
It's also right on the front page of NYT.com
https://www.thegrayladywinked.com/
This isn't a recommendation (I'm not through it yet) but it's an interesting perspective.
It looks like the author is taking well-known, well-covered historical embarrassments by the Times, and plugging in current conservative talking points.
I rather like the 1619 project and its narratives, so perhaps I'll add some books to my list for the coming year to be able to call bullshit on that or not.
In general my promotion of things that increase skepticism in statements made by authority (such as the NYT) outweighs my disdain for the brawlers in the current US culture war.
What I've found is that there is no disagreement over the facts presented, only interpretations of those facts. I've searched, in vain, for reputable historians challenging specific factual claims made by the project. I haven't read one.
The largest, credible criticisms are more or less either a tone argument ("Slavery was A motivation of SOME") or alternate fact discussions, some of which are interesting but none of which I'd count as discrediting anything.
The rest of what I've read is mostly Founding Father Worship which I have zero time for.