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New York Times writer fired just hours after being hired
https://nypost.com/2018/02/14/new-york-times-writer-fired-just-hours-after-being-hired/
The New York Times decided to sever ties with the newest addition to its editorial page on Tuesday — just hours after the paper announced her arrival.
Quinn Norton — who was named as the Times’ “lead opinion writer on the power, culture and consequences of technology” — ended her very short tenure after controversy erupted over her use of racial and homophobic slurs on Twitter.
“Despite our review of Quinn Norton’s work and our conversations with her previous employers, this was new information to us,” read a statement from editorial page editor James Bennet.
“Based on it, we’ve decided to go our separate ways.”
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New York Times writer fired just hours after being hired
https://nypost.com/2018/02/14/new-york-times-writer-fired-just-hours-after-being-hired/
The New York Times decided to sever ties with the newest addition to its editorial page on Tuesday — just hours after the paper announced her arrival.
Quinn Norton — who was named as the Times’ “lead opinion writer on the power, culture and consequences of technology” — ended her very short tenure after controversy erupted over her use of racial and homophobic slurs on Twitter.
“Despite our review of Quinn Norton’s work and our conversations with her previous employers, this was new information to us,” read a statement from editorial page editor James Bennet.
“Based on it, we’ve decided to go our separate ways.”
(More at above url)
