The revelation that Jill Abramson may have been fired as executive editor of The New York Times after confronting top brass over being paid less than her predecessor Bill Keller has led to a Twitter uproar. Media writers including journalism professor Emily Bell, influential women bloggers like Rachel Sklar, non-profit organizations and casual observers alike balked at the idea that a woman might have lost her job for bringing up an issue of equal pay. One blogger dryly referred to Abramson being too “bossy,” a reference to Sheryl Sandberg's new “Ban Bossy” campaign. And while The New York Times denied that.
- 5/15/2014
- by L.A. Ross
- The Wrap
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