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Longtime staffer with 11 years at the paper passed over for deputy real estate editor because he wasn’t the right demographic. U.S. Sues The New York Times, Claiming Discrimination Against a White Man The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday, claiming that the paper …
Paramount Skydance is about to put Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News. This is not a small shuffle. Weiss has built a career on provocation and taking sides. She will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, bypassing CBS leadership. That means she will have almost total control over what millions of Americans see …
It’s rare to see such overt ideological censorship in print. Most academics know enough to couch their partisanship in comments about the quality of citations or the need for more data. But Click is just a symptom of the wider problem. She has grown up in a department and in an American history profession where …
An unnamed photo editor at a major news outlet believes it is “dangerous” for the media to highlight the historic photo of former President Trump standing tall after the assignation attempt Saturday, calling it “free PR” for the Trump campaign, according to a report. An Axios media trend assessment on Tuesday argued that the “overuse” …
The publisher and incoming editor of The Washington Post used fraudulently obtained phone and company records in newspaper articles as journalists in London, according to a former colleague, the published account of a private investigator and an analysis of newspaper archives. Will Lewis, The Post’s publisher, assigned one of the articles in 2004 as business …
You know the stereotype of the NPR listener: an EV-driving, Wordle-playing, tote bag–carrying coastal elite. It doesn’t precisely describe me, but it’s not far off. I’m Sarah Lawrence–educated, was raised by a lesbian peace activist mother, I drive a Subaru, and Spotify says my listening habits are most similar to people in Berkeley. I fit the …
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Kevin Merida, who has been executive editor of the storied newspaper for the last three years, told staff Tuesday that he would be leaving the company, according to a memo viewed by The Hollywood Reporter. “Today, with a heavy heart, I announce that I am leaving The Times,” Merida wrote. “I made the decision, in consultation …
