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Sexist New York Times Fires Woman For Demanding Equal Pay

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There may be other reasons, but that's how some people are spinning the story.

Reports: New York Times Editor Jill Abramson Was Fired Following Pay Complaints

Several weeks ago, I’m told, Abramson discovered that her pay and her pension benefits as both executive editor and, before that, as managing editor, were considerably less than the pay and pension benefits of Bill Keller, the male editor whom she replaced in both jobs. “She confronted the top brass,” one close associate said, and this may have fed into the management’s narrative that she was “pushy,” a characterization that, for many, has an inescapably gendered aspect. ... [T]o women at an institution that was once sued by its female employees for discriminatory practices, the question brings up ugly memories. Whether Abramson was right or wrong, both sides were left unhappy.
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In the Times' defense, it might have something to do with the fact that newspapers don't make nearly as much money as they did in the good old days, and hence can no longer afford to pay employees, whether men or women, as much as they used to.

Still, it seems the unceremonious way they fired her has created a problem for them. I don't think they handled this very well.
 
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Jill Abramson’s Firing Felt Deeply Among Women Journalists: ‘We’re Back To Square One’

One step forward, two steps backward?

The sudden firing of New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson dismayed many women journalists and prompted speculation about what role gender may have played in her abrupt dismissal.

“She has been held up as this stalwart example of women’s ability to break the glass ceiling,” Elisa Lees Munoz, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation, told International Business Times. “Her departure from that role brings us back to square one, which is not a happy place for women in the news media.”
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Interesting. When a man gets fired, other men don't usually take it personally. It's not about all men, just that particular man. But if a woman is fired, it must be due to sexism, so time for all women to get up in arms?
 
I'm pretty sure there were many women fired that didn't get other women to take it personally, but the alleged reason Abramson was fired for would of course get them up in arms. Rightly so if that is the reason.

I don't know that it is, and I don't agree with the hyperbole of 'back to square one', but this might very well be a legitimate complaint.
 
First they say they want to be treated like men, then they say they want equal pay. Geez, make up your minds.
 
The story just came out today, and facts are in short supply. But I have no doubt the SJWs are already convinced that she was the victim of sexism. I see lots of opportunities for comedy ahead.
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
The story just came out today, and facts are in short supply. But I have no doubt the SJWs are already convinced that she was the victim of sexism. I see lots of opportunities for comedy ahead.
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Oh well, as you say the facts are in short supply but good thing you are helping to draw the battle lines and give those SJWs Hell for whinging about "sexism" as if that was a real thing and "equal pay" as if such a thing ought to matter to anyone anyhow.






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My personal viewpoint is that anyone, male or female who willingly works or worked for that far left liberal rag gets no sympathy from me and they should be embarrassed to show their face in public. Certainly the left feminist don't come out crying foul as Conservative women are insulted by their left male cohorts. What did she expect from them?
 
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News at Eleven: Insane capitalists continue to hire men even though female labour can be bought at 77% of the cost.

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Well, considering that she was silly enough to greelight an 8000 word article about Benghazi that did not mention Hillary Clinton, and an 8000 word article about Hillary Clinton that did not mention benghazi, I am pretty sure that they are better off without her.
 
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Well, considering that she was silly enough to greelight an 8000 word article about Benghazi that did not mention Hillary Clinton, and an 8000 word article about Hillary Clinton that did not mention benghazi, I am pretty sure that they are better off without her.
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I don't understand why you would say that either seriously or as a joke. :con2:

ETA: Ah, sarcasm?
 
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