Posted on 08/02/2018 11:46:24 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The New York Times stood by its decision to hire technology writer Sarah Jeong to its editorial board despite the emergence of racially insensitive tweets she had posted a few years ago.
Jeong was hired by The Times on Wednesday, but the newspaper soon received strong backlash from social media and some conservative outlets after tweets emerged in which the technology writer made racially insensitive comments.
“Oh man it’s kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men,” Jeong, 49, said in a tweet from 2014 that has since deleted.
“Dumbass f–ing white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants,” Jeong said in another 2014 tweet.
A third tweet posted by Jeong in 2014 said: “Are white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins.”
The Times said in a statement on Thursday that it stood by its decision to hire Jeong, adding it had reviewed the writer's social media accounts prior to her hiring, while calling the content of the tweets "unacceptable."
"We hired Sarah Jeong because of the exceptional work she has done covering the internet and technology at a range of respected publications," The Times said.
The Times added that Jeong, as a "young Asian woman," had been the "subject of frequent online harassment," and that "for a period of time she responded to that harassment by imitating the rhetoric of her harassers."
The newspaper added that Jeong knows "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."
Meanwhile, Jeong, in the Times statement, expressed regret for the tweets.
"I engaged in what I thought of at the time of counter-trolling. While it was intended as satire, I deeply regret that I mimicked the language of my harassers," she said.
"These comments were not aimed at a general audience, because general audiences do not engage in harassment campaigns. I can understand how hurtful these posts are out of context, and would not do it again." The Times response comes after conservative outlets and social media slammed the paper for condoning "racist" remarks.
"Newest Member of NYT Editorial Board Has History of Racist Tweets" read a headline in National Review. Meanwhile, The Federalist posted a story with the headline "New York Times Hires Left-Wing Writer With Long History Of Racist Tweets," while Daily Caller said: "NYTIMES’ NEWEST HIRE SENT TONS OF ANTI-WHITE RACIST TWEETS."
Jeong also faced criticism from social media for her posts.
Twitter has become a controversial social media platform in the current political climate, with high-profile journalists saying they might leave the platform after tweets attacking them and family members.
Racially insensitive tweets? That’s is all the writer thinks they were?
I know that there are enough anti-white Asians, but for the most part, whites and Asian interracial problems haven’t really been “a thing”. In fact, the left has sneered at Asians for being a “model minority”, and “teacher’s pet”. I’d bet the NYT could easily have gone past 100 anti-white black racists to find an Asian one. This is an blatant attempt to sow division between whites and Asians, and don’t think it’s not, because at present, there really isn’t much. And that is also the left’s old standby tactic, to divide and conquer.
Try being a white conservative and using that excuse.
The good old NYT, which stands for New York Terrorists.
You may as well, for a lot of reasons. Firstly, it’s true. Secondly, the NYT itself has given the Good Housekeeping Stamp of Approval to racism (I know, not for whites, but fortunately they don’t get to control my language). Thirdly, according to the NYT, all you have to do is follow such language with a disingenuous non-apology and everything’s copacetic.
Therefore, I second you with another “She’s a racist chink”.
See post #60. If she could not compete for a technology related job on her own merit, why not instead get the job by being the radical hate America minority that the NY Times celebrates.
If I had an NYT subscription, I’d be canceling it. Maybe I’ll to cancel and let them deal with whether I have a subscription to cancel or not. Bet their phone lines are clogged with cancellations.
Yellow journalism is making a comeback
Obviously had bad breakup with a white guy or 2
49 is young but too old to be referred to as a young girl
Unless you count her callow immature stupidity regarding the
inventions of whites - this dope never heard of Edison Fulton
Gutenberg Bell Kepler Newton Faraday Farnsworth Salk
to name just a fraction
Stupid decision by NYT.
She’s never even heard of the wheel (including the hamster wheel in her empty head).
And even at that, I take Wikipedia (edited by leftists) with a whole shaker of salt.
President Trump should revoke the Times’ press pass publically saying “I’m revoking their pass for the same reason Stormfront doesn’t get a press pass. No room for racists in the press area.”
The point is that a “technology writer” should know the history of today’s technology, and were credit is due, with or without Wikipedia information/misinformation.
She obviously knows nothing.
That is true, but as she is dismissive of everything whites (white males, actually) have done throughout history, I wouldn’t expect her to acknowledge even Wiki-depth knowledge of their achievements.
The RNC needs to tie her to the socialist American hating DemoKKKrats!!!! Helllllllooooo RNC!!!
An everyday racist can be publicly dismissive of the real history of today’s technologies.
But to be a “technology writer” you must know enough about it to not make a public statement so clearly and completely wrong as to make a total fool of oneself. Saying she ‘can’t find anything whites can take credit for is’ is just that.
She’s just jealous she wasn’t born a white male
I think we’re in agreement, I was just trying to string it out further. I certainly agree with what you’ve said, just adding to it. I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear, mea culpa.
It would seem so. It seems many people are jealous. They have to deny the truth that white males historically make the world go round, or they couldn’t stand themselves. Myself, I just enjoy being a (white) girl :)
Rush gave the slimes a dose this a.m. Ya think NYT contact numbers, email, etc. should be posted on social media so they can receive millions of Deplorable calls?
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