Paying the price for speaking truth to power: NY Times eliminates its "Public Editor" position.

The author focuses on the article of the editor Elizabeth Spayd published in the newspaper "New York Times" on May 20, 2017 which praised the newspaper's coverage of story about the administration of president Donald Trump. Topics discussed include how media powerhouses the New York Times and the Washington Post criticize the Trump administration, responsibility of the public editor – to serve as the reader's representative and perspective of the endlessly self-congratulatory.