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发帖数: 29846 | 1 First female NYT editor fired for being bossy and questioning pay gap
May 16, 2014 by Michael Laprarie
UPDATE (5-18-14): Pinch Sulzberger denies that sexism had anything to do
with his decision to sack Jill Abramson. According to Sulzberger, a number
of negative issues surrounded Abramson’s tenure as editor including, “
arbitrary decision-making, a failure to consult and bring colleagues with
her, inadequate communication and the public mistreatment of colleagues.”
Perhaps Abramson was the wrong person for the job. But I can honestly say
that I am very much enjoying the NYT being forced to run the same gauntlet
that liberals routinely use to punish other businesses when they make a
controversial decision about anyone considered to be part of the victim
class.
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Jill Abramson, the first female editor of the New York Times, has been fired
after serving less than three years in that prestigious position.
According to inside sources, Abramson confronted newspaper owner Pinch
Sulzberger about the fact that she earned noticeably less than her
predecessor, long-time editor Bill Keller. Apparently, Sulzbeger justified
the pay disparity by rehashing the paper’s financial troubles, and noting
that Keller had been with the Times far longer than Abramson when he was
promoted to editor. The newspaper claimed that Abramson’s total
compensation package (including pension and benefits) was “directly
comparable” to Keller’s – although not equal.
Abramson had also questioned the direction and management of the Times‘
digital imprint, as well as advertising and business decisions made by the
paper’s business managers. Apparently she quickly gained a reputation for
being “pushy,” which of course is simply a more politically correct way of
saying “bossy,” or that she angered the good old boys at the top by
failing to stay in her proper place.
But the Times has already atoned for its sins. Sulzberger announced that
Abramson will be replaced by Dean Baquet, who will become the paper’s first
African-American editor. So all is well in the heart of political
correctness. No word yet on what Baquet will be paid, though.
Maybe the Times took it upon itself to see whether you really could hire a
woman to do a man’s job for only 77% of the pay. I certainly wouldn’t put
that past them. The Sulzbergers love money just as much as the rest of New
York City’s patrician class.
I’ll let Instapundit Glenn Reynolds have the last word here: “Perhaps the
reason why people at the New York Times, and in the Obama White House, think
that American society is rife with sexism is because that’s how things are
— at the New York Times, and in the Obama White House.” |
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