Jason Scheurer (Breitbart and Muckraker contributor): NYT fired Jill Abramson because of Obama

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About a third of the way into the show:

http://sanitycheckradioshow.com/portfolio-view/may-17-2014/

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/15/turmoil-at-top-why-ny-times-dumped-jill-abramson/


But everyone knew Raines was in trouble. And while there had been grumbling about Abramson’s sometimes abrasive management style—perhaps louder than might have been the case if she were not a woman—no one thought her job was in jeopardy.

Abramson stayed on the high road in a statement, saying: “I’ve loved my run at The Times. I got to work with the best journalists in the world doing so much stand-up journalism.”

Abramson is a onetime Wall Street Journal investigative reporter and former Washington bureau chief for the Times, a position in which she clashed with Raines. While the paper did not shed its left-leaning reputation under Abramson, she did accuse President Obama of running “the most secretive White House that I have ever been involved in covering.” And she left her imprint on its investigative work, innovative website and growing forays into video.

Abramson can be a tough customer, but there is no room for shrinking violets at the top of major media organizations. Since she was an inside player who rarely appeared on television, I don’t think she got enough credit for some important work done by the Times—including some early critical reporting about ObamaCare.

Instead, she got trashed by unnamed sources, such as in a Politico piece last year that reported she had once “blown up in a meeting,” traveled a lot and once told an editor to leave a meeting and change a photo. Horrors!