Re:Resignation
by ng12 on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:09PM
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Cancel culture is what happened after the revelations about the podcast. Some people got angry they felt he wasn't punished enough and turned to cancel culture to punish him instead.
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It's concerning that that's the lever, though.
Break every rule of your profession and publish a bunch of BS? We'll give you another chance. Gave an inappropriate backrub 10 years ago? You're out!
He should have been fired for Caliphate and expressly for Caliphate.
Re:Resignation
by ogre_codes on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:39PM
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Look at the title here.
Look at the author of this piece.
Do you think a journalist who has no journalistic integrity is going to admit he got fired because he has no journalistic integrity?
Easier to get a sympathy by claiming it was about back rubs.
Absolutely right, and I should have written that :)
That said, seems like the easier narrative for the NYT to go with as well -- they don't have to own up to their editorial failures up the chain that way.
Re:Resignation
by gabereiser on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:53PM
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agreed