From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone. As you already know, the New York Times this week ran a very rare

anonymous op-ed from a senior White House official, a self-described member of the, quote,

quiet resistance inside the Oval Office. You'd assume a senior White House official, a self-described member of the, quote,

quiet resistance inside the Oval Office.

You'd assume correctly that the on-the-media team would quickly convene to figure out how to cover the story.

We all agreed it needed covering.

Where we differed was tone.

Bob wanted the full court press.

I was more, meh.

That's when we turned on the mics.

Bob, I understand we have a difference.

Yeah, it's hard to believe, but we do not see eye to eye on this one.

That might be unprecedented.

Historic!

Well, it's funny, you should use that word.

You know, if you had asked me, Brooke, on Tuesday,

hey, what do you think if the Times would run an unsigned op-ed from a senior member of the administration,

should they do it?

I said, absolutely not.

Categorically, no.

How are we supposed to evaluate that person's motives or anything else, you know, if we don't

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