Fired New York Times editor says paper lying about reason for dismissal after pro-Biden tweet

Former New York Times freelance editor Lauren Wolfe shot back at the paper's claim that she was not dismissed solely because of a pro-Joe Biden tweet last week, saying the Times was smearing her reputation.

Wolfe, who came under fire for saying she had "chills" over Biden's plane landing the day before his inauguration, told the Washington Post that the tweet was the only reason she was dismissed.

"Every day, I was scared I was going to do something wrong. So, whatever they’re implying, it’s a shot at my reputation, which I’ve worked very carefully to build," she told the Post's Erik Wemple.

"The people I’m mad at are the people who put out the statement," she added. "I respected tremendously the people I worked with. I respected them to the end of the earth and still do. They were the end-all, the be-all."

The Times had issued a statement that said a "lot of inaccurate information" had been circulating and that "we didn't end someone's employment over a single tweet."

Wolfe told the Post a manager from the company had dismissed her because the Times could not be associated with the tweet.

Wolfe admitted she had received a warning from the same manager in the months prior over another tweet in which she had equated the opposition to mask-wearing by conservative men to ‘toxic masculinity’. Yet, Wolfe re... (Read more)

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