Ben: “We can't have the thought police intervening to that extent.”

Not. “We can’t have the Thought Police.” or “The Thought Police is an Orwellian nightmare come true we must fight against to our dying breath.”. Not even “Policing thought is the most anti-American concept imaginable.”

No. Nothing like that. We can have Thought Police. Just not to the extent a NYTimes editor gets fired by them. One can only hope Ben knows this was a very poorly worded statement. If he supports Thought Police then he can share the media’s fate and I won’t lose any sleep over it.