Adelson in Jerusalem, wearing Romney button, leaning on aide’s shoulder
I’m told that Sheldon Adelson’s shop, Sands Las Vegas, just hired Todd McCarty as head of global Human Resources. McCarty is still listed as senior VP for Human Resources at the New York Times, but Times publisher Arthur O. Sulzburger Jr. apparently informed staff of the move in an email.
McCarty worked at Starwood (they own a bunch of the hotel chains) prior to his coming to the NYT, so it probably is just hotel/casino deal. And yet… given the timing and the money that Adelson has been throwing around lately, you wonder if McCarty is being newly overpaid for something more than his HR skills. The NYT editorial page has been tough on Adelson of late, and that whole China/Macao thing seems like it has legs, news-wise. So maybe there’s a message in the hire?
(I called a couple execs at the New York Times to confirm the news; haven’t heard from them.)
Not a whisper about the Israeli Palestinian conflict during the Diane Rehm international hour. Not a whisper about Palestinian home demolitions, illegal settlement expansion. There is a serious pattern developing over at that show. They used to at least mention this issue. No longer. Must be feeling some pressure.
”And yet… given the timing and the money that Adelson has been throwing around lately, you wonder if McCarty is being newly overpaid for something more than his HR skills. The NYT editorial page has been tough on Adelson of late, and that whole China/Macao thing seems like it has legs, news-wise. So maybe there’s a message in the hire? ”
Logical deduction. McCarty as press PR expediter and probably with access to a lot of the NYT inside gov agencies and political contacts Adelson needs to be kept abreast of and counter.
I hate this horrible feeling of being drawn into something evil.
I don’t subscribe to the more extravagant conspiracy theories, and I don’t even think there’s necessarily any coherent goal here — but nevertheless…
It’s as if one is standing on a beach of a certain decency that was always there — but now one can feel an increasingly strong undertow.
To complete the simile, I’m not sure we know how to swim.