{"id":57956,"date":"2023-03-03T09:39:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/new-york-times-journalist-reportedly-spat-on-by-attacker-upset-over-papers-transgender-reporting-57956"},"modified":"2023-03-03T09:39:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:39:35","slug":"new-york-times-journalist-reportedly-spat-on-by-attacker-upset-over-papers-transgender-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/new-york-times-journalist-reportedly-spat-on-by-attacker-upset-over-papers-transgender-reporting-57956","title":{"rendered":"New York Times journalist reportedly spat on by attacker upset over paper&#8217;s transgender reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/organization\/the-new-york-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a> employee was allegedly spat on by a person angry at the paper\u2019s coverage of transgender issues, the media outlet revealed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A Times spokesperson said the assailant &#8220;recognized&#8221; the journalist who was in their own neighborhood at the time. The person\u00a0then confronted the unnamed journalist, accusing her employer of making &#8220;attempts to eliminate trans people&#8221; before spitting on them.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened a few weeks ago, according to a statement given to The Washington Post&#8217;s Erik Wemple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/new-book-details-bloodthirsty-new-york-times-staffers-over-tom-cotton-op-ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NEW BOOK DETAILS \u2018BLOODTHIRSTY\u2019 NEW YORK TIMES STAFFERS OVER TOM COTTON OP-ED: \u2018I WAS SO F&#8211;ING FREAKED OUT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher A.G. Sulzberger made the initial comment during the paper&#8217;s, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytco.com\/press\/2022-state-of-the-times-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2022 State of the Times<\/a>,&#8221; where he warned staff should not be put at risk for threats and harassment due to their reporting on any topic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our employee was recognized in public. The person said something about &#8216;attempts to eliminate trans people&#8217; and then spat on the employee,'&#8221; Wemple quoted The Times spokesperson. &#8220;The date of the incident was Feb. 19, according to the spokesperson,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The paper has faced increased criticism over publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/nyt-flamed-student-op-ed-arguing-progressive-universities-alienate-conservatives-science-fiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion pieces<\/a> from conservatives and those skeptical of gender-affirming care.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reported last month how The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) wrote an open letter to the paper calling it &#8220;appalling&#8221; for the outlet to give &#8220;extremist anti-LGBTQ activists&#8221; a platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/credibility-crisis-new-york-times-helped-mislead-america-over-covid-lab-leak-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CREDIBILITY CRISIS: NEW YORK TIMES HELPED MISLEAD AMERICA OVER COVID LAB LEAK THEORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The activist group, joined by actress Lena Dunham and director Judd Apatow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/celebs-rip-new-york-times-irresponsible-transgender-coverage-demand-end-both-sides-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded the paper stop publishing<\/a> &#8220;both sides&#8221; in its reporting on transgender topics.<\/p>\n<p>A November New York Times piece that quoted medical professionals warning about decreased bone density and other long-term side effects of puberty blockers set off progressive critics of the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Activists slammed the paper for promoting &#8220;transphobia&#8221; and &#8220;anti-trans propaganda,&#8221; while conservative critics mocked the outlet for being late to reporting on the negative effects of these medications.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200 liberal New York Times contributors and some staffers also signed an open letter last month accusing the paper of following &#8220;the lead of far-right hate groups in presenting gender diversity as a new controversy,&#8221; for the November article they deemed &#8220;pseudoscience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous liberal staffers blasted their employer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2023\/02\/new-york-times-trans-coverage-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statements to Vanity Fair<\/a> this week as well over the trans coverage debate, saying that they were &#8220;picking a side&#8221; by choosing to put critics on the front of the paper. &#8220;By being so explicit about not wanting to appear left-leaning, the masthead is, in fact, picking a side,&#8221; one staffer allegedly said.<\/p>\n<p>Another employee accused the paper of being stuck in the &#8220;1980s,&#8221; in not listening to concerns from the younger generation and internet voices. &#8220;We haven\u2019t really progressed as a newsroom to meet this moment,&#8221; the staffer said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/new-york-times-journalist-reportedly-spat-attacker-upset-papers-transgender-reporting\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/new-york-times-journalist-reportedly-spat-attacker-upset-papers-transgender-reporting <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York Times employee was allegedly spat on by a person angry at the paper\u2019s coverage of transgender issues, the media outlet revealed on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-57956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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