Excerpt: Baquet talks about people, but he’s part of a deeply corrupt system, one that willingly kowtows to a set of political figures it hopes will grant it access for many years to come.
In too many cases, we have relatively young editors or desperate adjuncts eagerly hoping to have graduate careers in academia or find adjunct gigs, assigned to “edit” famous or powerful academics who might have the influence to advance (or end) their careers.
I’m fully aware that my requirement for an advance is not likely to be taken seriously by a number of publishers, and that’s fine with me because, well, the current system is doing me no favours.
