Topic: Sarah Jeong

2 chapters across the catalog

Heckler's Veto
Episode 1057 3:30 - 11:42

1057: Heckler's Veto

Sarah Jeong, New York Times Editorial Board Controversy

Sarah Jeong's appointment to the New York Times editorial board is examined following the resurfacing of her past tweets regarding white men. Her background in technology journalism at The Verge and her speech at Harvard Law School are analyzed, with focus on her views that the internet is "implicitly organized around how white men see the world."

Heckler's Veto
Episode 1057 20:30 - 26:21

1057: Heckler's Veto

Candace Owens, Twitter Double Standards on Racial Tweets

Candace Owens reportedly demonstrated a double standard on Twitter by replacing the word "white" with "Jew" in Sarah Jeong's tweets, resulting in a temporary ban for Owens. The New York Times' defense of Jeong as a victim of "counter-trolling" is criticized as an attempt to protect a hire that fulfills specific diversity criteria.