Tweets resurfaced showing a new New York Times employee, who came under fire for her past racist tweets, once praised someone for suing the publication and has a history of calling the paper an awful publication.
The New York Times announced its newest hire to the editorial board, Sarah Jeong, on Wednesday. “You know what IS good? That someone is FINALLY suing the New York Times for libel,” Jeong tweeted on May 11, 2017.
You know what IS good? That someone is FINALLY suing the New York Times for libel
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) May 12, 2017
Jeong was responding to a now deleted tweet from the account @TheShrillest. It’s unclear what specific lawsuit she is referring to, but Murray Energy Corporation sued The Times, according to an article from the publication, just a few days before Jeong’s tweet. The lawsuit was dismissed.
“Murray Energy Corporation, one of the largest coal mining companies in the country, has just taken a step that most companies never dare try: It sued The New York Times for libel,” The Times reported on May 10, 2017.
The New York Times defended Jeong for her racist tweets, claiming that she was the victim in the situation.
“Her journalism and the fact that she is a young Asian woman have made her a subject of frequent online harassment,” The Times said in its statement. “For a period of time she responded to that harassment by imitating the rhetoric of her harassers. She sees now that this approach only served to feed the vitriol that we too often see on social media.”
Her previous tweets included racist statements against white people, some even called for the genocide of all white people. (RELATED: NYT’S Sarah Jeong Also Sent Anti-Cop, Anti-Men Tweets)
“Dumbass f**king white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants,” she tweeted in 2014.
“Cops are assholes,” she said in 2015, The Daily Caller reported.
Jeong also tweeted that “it’s kind of sick how much joy I get from being cruel to old white men.”
“She understands that this type of rhetoric is not acceptable at The Times, and we are confident that she will be an important voice for the editorial board moving forward,” The Times statement added.
Jeong’s Twitter history reveals she once tweeted about banning the paper and firing a writer, and also called it an elitist, sketchy publication.
Mind you, if I had a bajillion dollars, I’d buy the New York Times, just for the pleasure of firing Tom Friedman.
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) August 5, 2013
ban marriage, ban men, ban the new york times “@BigMeanInternet: : / pic.twitter.com/dexwYKSKM7“
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) February 8, 2014
@ncardozo @emptywheel @vranieri @mmasnick to be fair, Vice is a legit outlet, unlike that sketchyass New York Times
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) August 27, 2015
New York Times: Clickbait. Washington Post: Clickbait. A solidly sourced, reported piece from a New Media outlet: Clickbait and trash.
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) May 30, 2016
After a bad day, some people come home and kick the furniture. I get on the internet and make fun of the New York Times.
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) November 25, 2013
New York Times? More like New Misandry Times http://t.co/fohlwp44oc pic.twitter.com/oPsjWQAwIo
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) January 18, 2015
I feel really bad for the 95% of the New York Times that already seethes with resentment over their horrible columnists
— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) April 30, 2017
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