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@ezraklein, but do you know the company you are joining?
They published that Hitler's antisemitism wasn't such a big deal and really shouldn't be taken seriously (see Vox).
They participated in a cover-up of a massacre of Blacks in 1919: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/15/white-press-has-history-endangering-black-lives-going-back-century/
@ezraklein, but do you know the company you are joining?
They published that Hitler's antisemitism wasn't such a big deal and really shouldn't be taken seriously (see Vox).
They participated in a cover-up of a massacre of Blacks in 1919: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/15/white-press-has-history-endangering-black-lives-going-back-century/
They published the Tom Cotton op-ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html
They hired Bret Stephens, who not too long ago wrote about how smart Jews are, and cited white supremacist, eugenicist, and homophobic pseudoscientists: https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-times-columnist-bret-stephens-sparks-uproar-with-jewish-genius-column
They wrote about a person who proudly marketed to and advanced the causes of white supremacists and antisemites as if he was some ordinary political figure and documentarian (Steve Bannon). http://nyti.ms/2bj47BM
They refused to fire Glenn Thrush, for charges of sexual aggression/violence, and subsequently let him substitute on the beat he was removed from every single time any of his former colleagues went on any kind of leave: https://jezebel.com/you-cant-keep-glenn-thrush-down-because-the-new-york-t-1833149604
They "endorsed" two candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary, in a gutless move that made no sense.
They advertised this lie to me like 52 weeks of the year one year. It was never the last chance to get the first year half-off.
Their opinion page editors are asleep on the job: https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/2/1/16959634/millions-americans-destitute-2-day-worlds-poorest-deaton-aid
The "Hitler's antisemitism shouldn't be taken seriously" article was published in 1922 and @zackbeauchamp wrote about it here: https://www.vox.com/2015/2/11/8016017/ny-times-hitler
This isn't a pros and cons thread. You are joining them, so I trust you know many good things they have done. They have done a lot of bad and it hardly gets talked about. This thread is only about the bad.
You founded Vox, @ezraklein. I don't get why you want to leave.
You founded Vox, @ezraklein. I don't get why you want to leave.
Just remembered that @cjane87, you are also leaving Vox for The New York Times, so in the spirit of fairness, I am copying you on this thread even though, as a white Jew, I'm a lot more comfortable shouting at Ezra Klein about this. Love you both.
