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'Disgrace!' NY Times buried for firing writer critical of 'craven' Trump rape coverage

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The New York Times drew a wave of condemnation after it dropped a romance columnist who reposted criticism of its handling of a rape allegation against President Donald Trump. Olivia Waite, who wrote the romance fiction column for the paper’s Book Review, gave her account to the romance site Smart Bitches, Trashy Books , which reported Tuesday that the Times had terminated her contract. “On Friday the Times declined to continue my contract as a fiction columnist, via a one-paragraph email praising the quality of my work but citing my presumably negative feelings about the NYT as inferred from…

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    'Disgrace!' NY Times buried for firing writer critical of 'craven' Trump rape coverage

    The New York Times drew a wave of condemnation after it dropped a romance columnist who reposted criticism of its handling of a rape allegation against President Donald Trump. Olivia Waite, who wrote the romance fiction column for the paper’s Book Review, gave her account to...

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