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NY Times Defends Hiring Writer With History Of Inflammatory Tweets


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Jen Chung

Published Aug 2, 2018

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Some of the Tweets that have come into question

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Published Aug 2, 2018

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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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