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We hired Sarah Jeong because of the exceptional work she has done covering the internet and technology at a range of respected publications.
Her journalism and the fact that she is a young Asian woman have made her a subject of frequent online harassment. For a period of time she responded to that harassment by imitating the rhetoric of her harassers. She sees now that this approach only served to feed the vitriol that we too often see on social media. She regrets it, and The Times does not condone it.
We had candid conversations with Sarah as part of our thorough vetting process, which included a review of her social media history. She understands that this type of rhetoric is not acceptable at The Times and we are confident that she will be an important voice for the editorial board moving forward.
No you don’t understand, she’s woke af.
originally posted by: Konduit
She is literally insane. Like batsnip extremist far-left insane. Replace 1 word in those messages, and I think you know which one I'm talking about, with another word and ask yourself how fast her career would be over.
originally posted by: Fisherr
Sounds bitter.
Maybe she got dumped by a old white guy.
originally posted by: Boadicea
The NYT has released a statement:
Our statement in response to criticism of the hiring of Sarah Jeong.
I'll quote the statement in its entirety and folks can judge for themselves:
We hired Sarah Jeong because of the exceptional work she has done covering the internet and technology at a range of respected publications.
Her journalism and the fact that she is a young Asian woman have made her a subject of frequent online harassment. For a period of time she responded to that harassment by imitating the rhetoric of her harassers. She sees now that this approach only served to feed the vitriol that we too often see on social media. She regrets it, and The Times does not condone it.
We had candid conversations with Sarah as part of our thorough vetting process, which included a review of her social media history. She understands that this type of rhetoric is not acceptable at The Times and we are confident that she will be an important voice for the editorial board moving forward.
My thought is that I'm not impressed. I haven't found any apology from her. Apparently she doesn't regret the hatefulness or the racism, just that it "only served to feed the vitriol." I guess she didn't like the competition. She wanted to be the only one talking trash.
a reply to: six67seven
As long as her personal bias doesn't cross the professional line of her NYTs work.
BwahHHHaaahaHaaAAhha!!
I almost typed that out without laughing!!!
Just ask the FBI -- it's possible to leave your bias at the door /eyerolling sarcasm