With a Star Science Reporter s Purging, Mob Culture at The New York Times Enters a Strange New Phase Quillette

The Times management dismissed McNeil because he was caught instructing a student about racism in 2019; and, in so doing, said the N-word as an example of a gravely racist term. The Times management had initially concluded that McNeil showed poor judgment by uttering these two forbidden syllables, but also that he hadn t harbored any hateful or malicious intent. That last part certainly seems sensible, given that McNeil wasn t actually directing the N-word at another human being or using it to describe a third party. But since these same Times managers had already shown staff they can be bullied by office mobs, it was predictable that McNeil eventually would be thrown beneath the Times bus (an increasingly crowded place), which is why he now finds himself unemployed and begging for forgiveness.

via quillette.com

That darn Times management.