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Originally Posted by Ann Drysdale
Have the editorial board of the journal ever actually defined the "new criterion" of which they speak?
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Well, the old "Criterion" is simply the journal started by TS Eliot, thus the "New Criterion" means only that they're following in that journal's footsteps. It does not imply that they hold themselves to any particular standards, and certainly not moral standards.
The editor, Roger Kimball, has come out in favor of Bolsonaro (and Trump). I still got the magazine for a while after Trump was elected; while it seemed that Kimball refused to allow his authors to criticize Trump, some of them cagily hinted at it, while still making sure that the reader new that the true sinners were on the left. So this article seems to reflect Kimball's genuinely held belief. Regarding the other editors, it may only reflect what they'll tolerate.
I submitted to TNC once: a tribute piece for Geoffrey Hill after he died. Thank fucking god they didn't take it.