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Comment by rory096 | Hacker News Reader

This is an op-ed by a law professor at Columbia, not the Times' editorial opinion.

"This is an Ad by a 3rd party, not Facebook's political stance".

Cheap shots aside, they are as responsible for this piece as much as Facebook is responsible for the ads on their platform of course

Who decides who's allowed to publish op-eds in the Times and what topics those op-eds will be about?

Op-Ed authors submit essays, and editors accept or decline. More info here: https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014809107-How-...

  and editors accept or decline

I think that's the very point @csallen was making.

How many letters to the editor do they get saying big tech shouldn't be broken up?

The author's opinion in this area is notable from their expertise. If there's someone with a notable w opinion on the opposite side, I think they'd print it.

I’m no great fan of NYT, but the alleged point of an opinion column is to present a debate, not to host opinions that the editorial team supports. However, I think there’s a strong case to be made that this isn’t how the NYT operates in practice, and that they mostly pick articles that advance their agenda.

the corrolary "this is some random people's ad, not facebook's opinion" would then completely invalidate their argument

they chose that law professor at random to write an article of his choosing?

That is how op-eds work yes. Newspapers have been around for awhile.

completely at random? no. Also, editors review the articles.

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