new york times
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A Line-by-Line Response to the New York Times’ Response to the Backlash It Received for Publishing a Nazi Puff Piece
On Nov. 25, the New York Times published “A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland”—a piece about the wedding registry, eating habits and eyebrow maintenance of an Ohio man who also happens to be a Nazi. This profile bothered quite a few people, who were somewhat annoyed that the country’s biggest and most important newspaper…
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Newsroom Leaders Fired at L.A. Times
Ousted Chief Was Only Person of Color on Masthead Gregory Was Especially Fond of Black Journalists Where Is Outcry for Victims of Massive Mudslide? Charlottesville Paper Blames Black Vice Mayor SPJ Says Journalists Should Speak Out on Bias Univision CEO Unequivocal on White Supremacists ‘Comically Late’ and ‘Breathtakingly Stupid’ White Men Aren’t Really ‘Out of…
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If You Voted for Trump, I Don’t Give a Shit if You ‘Surely Regret It’ Now
I’m certain we’ll see more reflections like Julius Krein’s “I Voted for Trump. And I Sorely Regret It” in the coming weeks and months. This week alone, we’ve watched Fox News become of a bacchanalia of teary epiphany, and we’ve witnessed a parade of prominent Republicans twist themselves into logical origami denouncing Donald Trump while…
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Asian Americans and Race: It’s Complicated
4 Tackle Identity Question at Journalists Conference Hundreds at N.Y. Times Train for ‘Unconscious Bias’ Judge Throws Out Class Action Suit Against CNN Cortes, Ex-Fox News VP, Sues His Former Company U.S. Muslims Perceive ‘a Lot’ of Discrimination Black Producers Defend ‘Confederate’ Show Idea Short Takes When four Asian American journalists get together in public…
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Ebony Misses Deadline to Pay Freelancers
Union to Writers: You’re Having a Ripple Effect N.Y. Times Walkout Backs Copy Editors Media Unite in Backlash Against Trump Tweet ‘Unprecedented Attack on Voting Rights’ In ONA, You Can Join as ‘Gender Fluid’ Australia ‘Just So White’ to U.S. Black Journalist Indians Drop Fight Over NFL Team Trademark Public Housing Called Enabler of Gang…
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Where Are the Black and Brown Journalists Probing Trump?
‘Not Enough’ Investigative Reporters of Color Wilkins Recalled as Father Confessor, Go-To Guy . . . ‘Tried to Educate’ Washington Post Editor 3 More File Discrimination Complaints Against Fox Trump News Overwhelming Famine Crisis Richmond Paper to Neo-Confederates: Surrender Sinclair Could Reach 7 of 10 Americans Black, Latino Voter Turnout Declined in ’16 Morgan State…
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‘Women Have Skidded Down the Power Structure’ at the New York Times
“The Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach, acclaimed for his study of inkblots, might have enjoyed doing some field work at the most recent newsroom-wide meeting of The New York Times,” Liz Spayd, public editor at the Times, wrote on Saturday for its SundayReview section. “Many in the audience saw before them top editors representing a bold…
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For Many, Hollywood Gets Closer to the Truth
“At last,” Derrick Clifton wrote Monday for NBCBLK. “When Viola Davis finally heard her name announced as an Academy Award winner, after three nominations, her mouth didn’t drop in shock, nor did the splendor of the moment seem to overwhelm her. “Davis was ready — to proudly claim the golden reward she’d earned and publicly…
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How Many Damn Defenses of That Basket of Deplorables Do We Need?
Last November, a majority of white people in America voted for a bigot for president. If you voted for a man who campaigned on xenophobia, racism, sexism and other strains of bigotry, you either share his prejudices or you are complicit in them. The former makes you an audacious racist; the latter, a bystander, which…
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CNN, NY Times, Politico Among News Organizations Blocked From White House Briefing With Sean Spicer
Apparently, President Donald Trump’s regime White House barred several news organizations from attending an off-camera, informal press briefing today. CNN, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, BuzzFeed and most of the attending foreign press were reportedly blocked from attending the gaggle with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. The Associated Press and…