Reporter Forced Out Of New York Times Reveals Internal Culture War
March 3, 2021 Former New York Times top COVID-19 reporter Donald McNeil Jr. publicly responded to his ouster in early February following a report from The Daily Beast accusing him of making “racist and sexist remarks.” Notably, the accusations include using the n-word in a discussion about why not to say it on a 2019 student trip he helped guide through a Times partnership program. He believes the Daily Beast report to be a leak from inside the newsroom. In a four-part series on Medium, McNeil, who was employed by the Times from 1976 until 2021, explains the story behind the incident as ...
Source: thefederalist.com
