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Less than 6 months before he became the NYT’ go-to reporter on the pandemic, Donald McNeil Jr. was under intense scrutiny from the paper’s top brass over accusations that he made wildly offensive and racist comments while leading a Times student trip. https://www.thedailybeast.com/star-new-york-times-reporter-donald-mcneil-accused-of-using-n-word-making-other-racist-comments
NYT staffers on Wednesday sent a letter to the paper’s top bosses criticizing their handling of complaints that star journalist Donald McNeil Jr. used racist language while on a Times-sponsored student trip. https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-times-staffers-sent-outraged-letter-to-bosses-probe-of-donald-mcneils-racial-slur
Donald McNeil resigned from the NYT. Not really clear in this article that’s what happened instead makes it seem like he was fired https://www.thedailybeast.com/ny-times-star-reporter-fired-after-daily-beast-expose
Finally some more details on what happened on this school trip. And what seems to be NYT’s changing standard with dealing with Donald McNeil https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/what-happened-with-new-york-times-reporter-don-mcneil/
“A backlash to the backlash against McNeil instantly took shape, and then a backlash against that backlash, as Times employees and other journalists argued openly on social media about McNeil’s fate and the newspaper’s attitude toward racial issues.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/02/12/donald-mcneil-new-york-times-fallout/
“And when a furious Mr. Baquet read the complaints about the Peru trip in 2019, he said he initially wanted to fire Mr. McNeil. But the union played its traditional role, fighting aggressively to protect him.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/business/media/new-york-times-donald-mcneil.html
The usual people willfully ignoring this aspect of the reporting on McNeil and concentrating on the rich white private school teenager.
Good thread https://twitter.com/sorayamcdonald/status/1361125317985898496
Good thread https://twitter.com/sorayamcdonald/status/1361125317985898496
