{"id":124606,"date":"2021-02-11T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124606"},"modified":"2021-02-11T13:42:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:42:19","slug":"intent-matters-nyts-baquet-walks-back-policy-on-racial-slurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intent-matters-nyts-baquet-walks-back-policy-on-racial-slurs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Intent Matters\u2019: NYT\u2019s Baquet Walks Back Policy on Racial Slurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fintent-matters-nyts-baquet-walks-back-policy-on-racial-slurs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-525550436-e1612892850838.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After stating last week it would &#8220;not tolerate racist language regardless of intent,&#8221; the <em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;reversed course Thursday and said &#8220;intent matters&#8221; in speech and writing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In our zeal to make a powerful statement about our workplace culture, we hamhandedly said something that some of you saw as threatening to our journalism,&#8221; executive editor Dean Baquet said in a meeting. &#8220;Of course intent matters when we are talking about language in journalism.&#8221; NBC News&#8217;s Dylan Byers originally <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DylanByers\/status\/1359894783007748097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> the remarks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Media<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/intent-matters-nyts-baquet-walks-back-policy-on-racial-slurs\/\"><strong>\u2018Intent Matters&#8217;: NYT\u2019s Baquet Walks Back Policy on Racial Slurs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/the-media-cant-stop-talking-about-qanon\/\"><strong>The Media Can&#8217;t Stop Talking About QAnon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/fear-and-favor-at-the-new-york-times\/\"><strong>Fear and Favor at the New York Times<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: In meeting just now, Baquet said: &#8220;In our zeal to make a powerful statement about our workplace culture, we hamhandedly said something that some of you saw as threatening to our journalism\u2026. Of course intent matters when we are talkign about language in journalism.&#8221; \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DylanByers\/status\/1359898079596408835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Baquet&#8217;s comments come after the <em>Times<\/em> pushed out veteran reporter Donald McNeil Jr. last week for uttering a racial slur while discussing an incident in which the same slur\u2014the n-word\u2014was used. McNeil resigned on Friday after the <em>Daily Beast<\/em> reported on his use of the slur. In an email following McNeil&#8217;s resignation, Baquet warned staff, &#8220;We do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/inside-the-grey-ladys-meltdown-over-donald-mcneils-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Monday, however, that the <em>Times<\/em> had printed the same slur a week before.<\/p>\n<p>McNeil&#8217;s ouster led to fierce debate among current and former employees of the paper. The <em>Free Beacon&nbsp;<\/em>reported that frustration about the <em>Times<\/em>\u2018s handling of the event&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/inside-the-grey-ladys-meltdown-over-donald-mcneils-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spilled over<\/a> into a Facebook group for the paper&#8217;s current and former staffers, where members questioned the precedent set by the decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2018We do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent\u2019 might be the most racist statement I\u2019ve ever read,&#8221; said one former award-winning crime and finance reporter. &#8220;It demeans ALL races.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Free Beacon&nbsp;<\/em>also reached out to <em>Times<\/em> employees who have used racial slurs on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/nikole-hannah-jones-scrubs-social-media-after-doxxing-free-beacon-reporter\/\">was doxxed<\/a> by one of them. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of the <em>New York Times Magazine<\/em>\u2018s influential 1619 Project, who commands a Twitter following of half a million, posted <em>Free Beacon<\/em> reporter Aaron Sibarium&#8217;s email inquiry, which included his cell phone number, in violation of the social media company&#8217;s terms of service. Hannah-Jones later scrubbed her account after leaving Sibarium&#8217;s information up for two days.<\/p>\n<p>Byers also reported the <em>Times<\/em> barred columnist Bret Stephens on Monday from writing about the newsroom dustup. 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