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(3,851 posts) Sun Jan 24, 2021, 06:12 AM Jan 2021

New York Times Reporter Apparently Fired For Biden Tweet [View all]

#rehireLauren is trending wildly on Twitter at #6, and many journalists are outraged.

Apparently the reporter, Lauren Wolfe, was also stalked and harassed before being fired.

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New York Times Reporter Apparently Fired For Biden Tweet FelineOverlord Jan 2021 #1

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the long thread by Josh Shahryar is unrolled here and worth a read--she sounds so amazing. And kind renate Jan 2021 #52

This kind of thing is why I, a New Yorker, subscribe to the Wash. Post. Squinch Jan 2021 #3

I'm canceling my digital subscription Beakybird Jan 2021 #4

Thanks; hope you can tell them why. Kittycow Jan 2021 #5

they care about why people cancel KayF Jan 2021 #44

I don't know why she thinks she shouldn't be fired Loki Liesmith Jan 2021 #6

I don't know why she thinks she shouldn't be fired FelineOverlord Jan 2021 #7

The reaction to Haberman is silly Loki Liesmith Jan 2021 #12

The reaction to Haberman is silly FelineOverlord Jan 2021 #28

Agree. Don't understand at all the attitude of previous poster. triron Jan 2021 #41

Well, post number 12 sure explains post number 6 n/t kcr Jan 2021 #39

Did her job oh shit who are you kidding? jcgoldie Jan 2021 #47

You seem nice. mac56 Jan 2021 #15

.. Cha Jan 2021 #19

+1 bronxiteforever Jan 2021 #20

... UpInArms Jan 2021 #21

+1 Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #31

... SidDithers Jan 2021 #33

No I don't Loki Liesmith Jan 2021 #53

Thats become a problem these days. Reporters becoming part of the story. oldsoftie Jan 2021 #26

I am suspicious twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #8

What two different ways? I had babylonsister Jan 2021 #10

+1 Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #32

Trump gave me chills from fear twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #34

One can have chills for other reasons. For example... thesquanderer Jan 2021 #59

Nope. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2021 #42

New York Times Reporter Apparently Fired For Biden Tweet FelineOverlord Jan 2021 #9

Oh, that's terrible :( Kittycow Jan 2021 #50

This Is An Odd Story ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Jan 2021 #13

I blame Biden for this outrage! jaxexpat Jan 2021 #14

The incels who sent the outrage threats should be doxxed. Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #16

What has the Times said about the firing? RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #17

It is not the responsibility of an employer to make public why someone was fired MichMan Jan 2021 #24

But the paper's reputation is on the line RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #49

That's my take on it. Mme. Defarge Jan 2021 #38

I agree PatSeg Jan 2021 #56

NYT is atrocious. lark Jan 2021 #18

For me it was Judith Miller UpInArms Jan 2021 #23

Now if she had said Old Terp Jan 2021 #22

New York Times Reporter Apparently Fired For Biden Tweet FelineOverlord Jan 2021 #25

Deleted tweet for context. hay rick Jan 2021 #27

Deleted tweet for context. FelineOverlord Jan 2021 #29

I wish she had referred to the 'peaceful transition of power after an insurrection.' SMC22307 Jan 2021 #61

Washington Post DemUnleashed Jan 2021 #30

What to keep to yourself with friends, family, coworkers, on social media, at DU Beringia Jan 2021 #35

What got me was the cousins in the mental institution. marie999 Jan 2021 #60

No Democrat, liberal or progressive should have a subscription to the NYT servermsh Jan 2021 #36

My dad was a journalism major. GulfCoast66 Jan 2021 #37

Normally, I'd agree with you Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #40

Saying you have chills is not a political view. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #57

He would if it was Hitler or anything close to that, and Trump was uponit7771 Jan 2021 #64

New York Times Reporter Apparently Fired For Biden Tweet FelineOverlord Jan 2021 #43

Lawsuit should be in the works, for sure. ananda Jan 2021 #45

Under what grounds? MichMan Jan 2021 #55

I don't know.. ananda Jan 2021 #58

Just a claim of disperit treatment, 100 yrs of males not being fired for saying how they feel could uponit7771 Jan 2021 #65

Another reason now why I am glad I chose WAPO over NYT Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #46

Greenwald gets NYT reporter fired, then whines about "censorship Gothmog Jan 2021 #48

He's one of "those guys" who loves having it both ways FakeNoose Jan 2021 #51

That asshole also got Reality Winner arrested dustyscamp Jan 2021 #54

This is because of Greenwald JonLP24 Jan 2021 #62

That is one BS firing. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2021 #63