The Latest: New Yorker editor fired; AP photog attack confession; ‘We’re all going to be climate reporters'

July 25, 2022

■ New Yorker fires journalist who complained about ‘gender inequality’ (New York Post) / ‘False allegations that malign our journalistic integrity and that attack colleagues are inappropriate and unacceptable in our workplace ’ (The Wrap) / New Yorker editor goes scorched Earth after getting fired, calls magazine 'ground zero' for 'class exclusivity' (Mediaite) / ‘I’m speaking with the union about potentially filing a grievance on the termination.’ (Erin Overbey)

■ Josh Hawley's home state newspaper chides him as 'laughingstock' (HuffPost) / Why Republicans stopped talking to the press (New York Magazine)

■ Opinion: Bloomberg gave Fox News 18 minutes to respond before publishing retracted story (Washington Post)

■ Ivana Trump’s Vanity Fair cover was displayed at her funeral —with a twist (Vanity Fair) / Murdoch’s New York Post dumps Trump, calling him ‘unworthy to be chief executive again ’ (CNN) / As Jan. 6 panel’s evidence piled up, conservative media doubled down (New York Times) / Press ‘bothsideism’ has failed Biden, and America (Brookings)

■ 'We're all going to be climate reporters sooner or later' (CNN) / 'Harbingers of doom': Anchor lashes out at meteorologist over heat wave reporting (CNN) / The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change (BBC News) / Opinion: How to talk about ‘extreme weather’ with your angry uncle (New York Times) / When fairness is flawed: Effects of false balance reporting and weight-of-evidence statements on beliefs and perceptions of climate change. (American Psychological Association)

■ Racial slur seen in TV weather forecast : 'We apologize to our viewers' (New York Post)

■ How an AP reporter broke the Tuskegee syphilis story (AP)

■ Princess Diana's brother says he was 'groomed' by BBC journalist in renewed call for police investigation (People)

■ Long Island shark-attack story is summer news at its finest (New York Magazine)

Press freedom

■ 'Daily Beast' reporter says NYPD wrongly arrested him at NYC store because press office didn't like his George Floyd protests coverage (New York Daily News)

■ Forced to flee Mexico due to death threats, journalists seek to rebuild their lives in Phoenix (Arizona Republic)

■ After Mexican drug lord's capture, family of slain Minnesota journalist seeks justice (Star Tribune)

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