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The State
Department is criticizing “malign” Chinese tech policy, the White House spokeswoman is demanding an inquiry into the origins of Covid-19 and Taiwan is getting a
profile boost early in a new president’s tenure. Tonally, the new president’s China policy so far isn t that divergent from the previous one s. Beijing probably thought candidate
Robert Allbritton over the decision to allow right-wing firebrand
Ben Shapiro guest-author the
Daily Beastreport.
Shapiro, who has made derogatory remarks about Muslims, African-Americans, women, LGBTQ people, and secular Jewish people, led the January 14 edition of Playbook with a essay titled “The real reason most republicans opposed impeachment,” taking shots at existing Playbook readers, and arguing that conservatives believe that Trump supporters will face “repression everywhere from social media to employment.”
The decision to publish Shapiro faced a near-immediate internal – and external – backlash.
In the letter, staffers expressed disgust with the decision, reportedly criticizing the choice to let Shapiro guest-write
Two weeks ago, several Politico staff members threw a hissy fit in a video conference call with management because they dared to allow ideological diversity to exist at their publication.
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More than 100
Politico staffers signed a letter sent to publisher Robert Allbritton decrying the decision to allow conservative firebrand Ben Shapiro a platform on the website and slamming Editor-in-Chief Matt Kaminski’s handling of the matter.
The
letter claims that the publication’s decision to offer the platform to Shapiro demoralized a large portion of the newsroom while also taking aim at Kaminski’s reported lack of compassion for the staff’s concerns.
The letter claims that Kaminski has still not appropriately apologized for allowing Shapiro s one-day edition of
Politico Playbook to be published or his subsequent dismissal of his newsroom’s dismay. Kaminski expressed regret over characterizing the article as “mischief making,” but has stood by his decision to publish Shapiro to “mix things up” in a bid to keep