{"id":172581,"date":"2021-02-06T01:57:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-york-times-staffers-donald-mcneil-andy-mills-resign\/"},"modified":"2021-02-06T01:57:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:57:13","slug":"new-york-times-staffers-donald-mcneil-andy-mills-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-york-times-staffers-donald-mcneil-andy-mills-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"#New York Times staffers Donald McNeil, Andy Mills resign"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New York Times staffers Donald McNeil, Andy Mills resign<\/strong>”
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Two New York Times journalists resigned Friday amid public controversies over their past behavior \u2014 with science<\/a> reporter Donald McNeil and Andy Mills, a producer on the botched \u201cCaliphate\u201d podcast, each stepping down.<\/p>\n

McNeil\u2019s resignation came after more than 150 Times staffers reportedly sent a letter to the Grey Lady\u2019s honchos this week demanding he be \u201cdisciplined\u201d after it emerged that he said the N-word on a Times-sponsored student trip<\/a> to Peru in 2019. <\/p>\n

McNeil, who spearheaded the paper\u2019s coverage of COVID-19, admitted in a statement that he used a \u201cracial slur\u201d \u2014 though said it was in the context of quoting a student who had asked \u201cwhether I thought a classmate of hers should have been suspended for a video she had made as a 12-year-old in which she used\u201d the term.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo understand what was in the video, I asked if she had called someone else the slur or whether she was rapp<\/a>ing or quoting a book title. In asking the question, I used the slur itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI should not have done that. Originally, I thought the context in which I used this ugly word could be defended.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is deeply offensive and hurtful. The fact that I even thought I could defend it itself showed extraordinarily bad judgement. For that I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement to staffers about McNeil, top Times editors Dean Banquet and Joe Kahn said, \u201cWe do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to building a news<\/a> report and company that reflect our core values of integrity and respect, and will work with urgency to create clearer guidelines and enforcement about conduct in the workplace, including red-line issues on racist language.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mills had faced his own brewing storm when old allegations that he harassed female coworkers at a former job resurfaced.<\/p>\n

In his resignation published online<\/a>, Mills admitted to bad behavior while working as a producer for the WNYC show \u201cRadiolab\u201d \u2014 including giving one colleague an unwanted backrub and pouring a drink on a coworker\u2019s head at a party seven years ago \u2014 but said he was stepping down over an \u201conline campaign\u201d that had painted him as a \u201cpredator.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI look back at those actions with extraordinary regret and embarrassment,\u201d he wrote Friday.<\/p>\n

Mills noted that the claims resurfaced amid questions about why he had survived the \u201cCaliphate\u201d scandal seemingly unscathed \u2014 while star reporter Rukmini Callimachi was moved to a new beat after it emerged that the main source of their podcast about terrorism was a fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Caliphate was corrected, in print and in audio, peers of mine in the audio industry, from outside of The Times, began to raise questions about why I had been allowed to remain in my position,\u201d Mills wrote.<\/p>\n

Mills ascribed the fraudulent material to a break-down in fact-checking for which he and his production team were \u201cnot to blame.\u201d<\/p>\n

But then \u201canother story emerged online: that my lack of punishment came down to entitlement and male privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he claimed that his \u201cactual shortcomings and past mistakes were replaced with gross exaggerations and baseless claims\u201d in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral people have even alleged that I am a predator and a dangerous threat to my colleagues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the pressure of this online campaign has grown to encompass some staffers of The Times, it has led to a climate where, even though I still love the mission of this important institution, I feel it is in the best interest of both myself and my team that I leave the company at this time. I do this with no joy and a heavy heart.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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