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UPDATE: Ousted Unethical NYT Editor Finds Home…

** UPDATE: Ousted Unethical New York Times Editor Finds Perfect New Home at Unethical New York Magazine **

 

Former New York Times Styles editor, Choire Sicha, after being “mysteriously” demoted, has now abruptly departed The NY Times entirely.

Sicha’s ousting occurs amidst a swirl of “rumors” that he was complicit in the institutional oppression of Asians and women, by condoning bigotry and sexism on multiple occasions throughout the history of his editorship (at The Times and prior). Additionally and most notably, Sicha evidently colluded in the plagiarism and years-long violent harassment of Filipina-American author Abbe Diaz, whose chronicle is currently magnified under the systemic racism microscope, due to the recent spate of hate crimes perpetrated against Asian-Americans.

As of June 7 2021, New York Magazine has announced its harboring of Sicha by bestowing upon him the title of “Editor-at-Large,” which is well in keeping with NY Mag’s own established commitment to suppress WOC author Abbe Diaz, in favor of its darling powerful white men.
For example:

–  In 2008, Diaz’s reasonable and incisive rebuttal was deleted/ censored from the comment section of New York Magazine’s Grubstreet blog, despite Diaz being the main subject of a flagrantly biased article which blatantly disparaged her.

– In 2013, Diaz’s informative responses were also deleted/censored from libelous New York Magazine “reportage” that blindly reiterated a reprehensibly erroneous New York Post article regarding the businesses of Diaz’s husband. It was the second time that New York Magazine had mistakenly reported the same gross inaccuracies, completely ignoring the facts contained in official New York State and federal court transcripts.

– It’s also worth noting that Diaz’s second book, PX Me – The Sequel to PX This, contains cogent deductions that New York Magazine commissioned author Jay McInerney to pen a multi-page “damage-control” essay in favor of chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, immediately following the release of PX This, Diaz’s published diary and exposé of Vongerichten’s enterprise. (Vongerichten, a white male chef, operated a very famous “clean Chinese” restaurant, which employed Diaz as its maitre d’hôtel. Diaz eventually quit due to discrimination and workplace abuse, which she chronicled as a daily journal and later published.)

McInerney’s essay, which blatantly attempted “practically line for line,” to dispel Diaz’s multiple allegations of wrongdoing perpetrated by Jean-Georges’s organization, failed to mention and/or acknowledge the existence of PX This, despite the essay’s obvious intent to mitigate Diaz’s assertions. McInerney’s reportage without proper context constitutes a glaring journalistic ethical violation. The resultant “advertorial” in favor of Jean-Georges was not disclosed nor delineated as such in any way, despite being conveniently/ contemporaneously featured on the cover of New York Magazine. The article further failed to disclose that McInerney’s live-in girlfriend at the time, publicist Jeanine Peplar, had openly admitted to having received and read PX This in consideration for her imprint, Rugged Land. [Pepler rejected the manuscript.]

Jean-Georges’s organization was later implicated in the misappropriation of workers’ tips, resulting in a class-action lawsuit and court settlement of $1.75M. Most recently, Jean-Georges publicly bragged and openly joked about having “beat[en] the shit out of” a dishwasher for taking lunch breaks.

– Diaz’s blog details other examples of journalistic misdeeds on the part of New York Magazine, including the falsification and misrepresentation of information presented in its regular and special feature stories. Diaz was also subjected, for years, to journalistic transgressions and unethical deeds of varying degrees on multiple accounts— including libel, censorship, and unwarranted denigration— by Gawker, The New York Post, Eater, etc. It’s notable that Eater’s founder was a former managing editor of Gawker, and that other former/ current New York magazine editors were also former head editors of Gawker.

 

“the way… women are silenced doesn’t always look like moustache-twirling villainy… it’s people who think of themselves as being reasonable and compassionate… becoming examples of moral cowardice – because that’s their cost‑benefit analysis.” – Ronan Farrow

 

PREVIOUSLY: The New York Times downplays anti-Asian racism, plagiarism, harassment of authoress by demoted editor, et al

 

PREVIOUSLY: The New York Times downplays anti-Asian racism, plagiarism, harassment of authoress by demoted editor, et al

NY Times downplays anti-Asian racism…

The New York Times downplays anti-Asian racism, plagiarism, harassment of authoress by demoted editor, et al

Dated May 20 2021, an article in The Daily Beast attempts to dissect the mysterious, abrupt demotion of former New York Times Styles editor, Choire Sicha.

A spokesperson for The NY Times said in a statement: “You’ve heard a lot of false and misleading rumors,” but neglected to explicitly delineate those so-called “rumors” to The Daily Beast.

The Times also failed to disclose that those “false and misleading rumors” included the grave assertion that Sicha and several colleagues were complicit in the plagiarism and years-long violent harassment of Filipina-American author Abbe Diaz, and the institutional oppression of Asians and women, by condoning bigotry and sexism on multiple occasions throughout the history of his editorship (at The Times and prior).

The NY Times also never, ever refuted those assertions with its source, despite visiting the page on Diaz’s website which publicly and assiduously details the allegations, on numerous occasions over several years (as indicated/recorded on the abbediaz.com visitor data logs).

Instead, the venerable New York Times chose to “dispel” those egregious “rumors” and outright accusations to The Daily Beast, with a petty disjointed miasmic explanation of Sicha’s downgrade, which ultimately reads like a plot line from Mean Girls.

Also, for some reason, the formidable and hard-hitting New York Times would like to point out that it’s actually other editors at The Times who are racist; Sicha could never have contributed to bigotry/ institutional oppression, because he once signed an “irksome” group letter!

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NY Times Staffer Issues Death Threats Against Author

photo by Bloomberg

 

New York Times staffer rape/death-threatens author, for unveiling alleged journalistic malfeasance-

NY Times’s lawyer advises Times staffer: “Hide misdeeds from Google searches”-

Evidence strongly shows that NY Times plagiarized author’s work and conspired with Gawker to suppress author-

Gawker’s Nick Denton threatens to fire/ blacklist any journalists tasked with reporting on misconduct-

Media bullies author and colludes in cover-up

Jeffrey Henson Scales, a New York Times photographer and editor, and/or his wife Meg Henson Scales, also a former New York Times contributor, have admittedly and continuously harassed and violently threatened author Abbe Diaz for well over a year now— for unveiling an alleged New York Times impropriety involving their daughter, NY Times "essayist," Coco Henson Scales.

Despite being warned not to contact Diaz (nor any affiliates of the PX This website) in accordance with the Aggravated Harassment report filed by Diaz with the Detective Squad of the New York Police Department, persistent malicious messages by the Henson-Scaleses (which were originally posted as comments to Diaz on the PX This website under such pseudonyms as “Wanda Smith,” “til8x8x8is4,” and “Jesus Palacios”) have included such malevolent sentiments as [entirely sic]:

“if you don’t take your shit about Coco?? You WILL lose the bullsit you have… ll change your mind. Keep an eye on your front and your back: WHORE.
You disgusting piece of smegma. I’d go to the electric chair laughing, if I only got to kill you.”

“… I will tell you this, though. IF I ever find your twisted weave within reachin’ distance of me, I will likely break your neck- if you have one, you no-necked piece of filth… I hope you die soon. I’ll keep my eye you, cunt.”

“you keep that shit lies about Coco? you fucking bitch. you twat. wannaget raped?“

“Keep talking about Coco Henson Scales. You must think actions doon’t have consequences”

Married a millionaire, my ass… Turning tricks for old men… Please. Just kill yourself. Make the world a better place.”

“… This is you first and last warnings. Take down your vicious drag queen sheet about Coco and Meg (I know them both); or your shit’s bout to be fried.
You ain’t nuttin but a losin, fugly, stupid bitch, with nuttin to work with.
Why you don’t kill yourself?
Jes sayin. YOU AIN’T SHIT.
Coco and Meg may not be able to hurt you, but WE WILL. NOW.”

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Media Colludes (Again) in Cover-Up of Media Scandal

Hypocrisy

Media Colludes (Again) in Cover-Up of Media Scandal

The following comment regarding the persistent harassment and death-threats by a New York Times staffer against author Abbe Diaz, for unveiling Times/Gawker journalistic misconduct, was removed from New York magazine’s feedback section:

"This might seem like a strange, mafia-ish argument to a non-JOURNALIST, but within the small world of MEDIA — particularly within the even smaller world of younger, less job-secure JOURNALISTS — it makes sense for at least two reasons."

"… all of us who have had such concerns remain liars by omission."

"… the fraud could have been uncovered sooner, potentially forestalling a great deal of the disruption it inflicted on various careers and on JOURNALISM as a whole."

I hope you’re paying attention New York Times (and New York magazine). Because when your media scandal finally emerges in the mainstream, it’s probably gonna look a lot like this.

New York Times Staffers Continue Cyber-Harassment Against Bestselling Author, for Unveiling Alleged NY Times Impropriety
http://www.pxthis.com/2015/05/ongoing-harassment-of-author-by-new-york-times-staffers-now-via-gmail/

By the way, is there a "cesspool… 4chan of" the Media? Asking for a friend.

 

The above commentary was deleted from New York magazine’s comment section, under the article, "How a Graduate Student Reluctantly Uncovered a Huge Scientific Fraud."

It was originally posted as the last and topmost comment within the public discussion and was screen-captured immediately following its submission. It garnered attention from New York magazine’s readers, bringing a signifcant amount of traffic to this website before New York magazine deleted it, in under 24 hours.

It’s worth noting that when New York magazine deletes a comment, it usually leaves a message in its place reading, "This comment has been removed by moderators for being inappropriate." No such notification was given in this case.

This is not the first time that New York magazine has engaged in censorship toward author Abbe Diaz:
– In 2008, Diaz’s rebuttal was deleted from the comment section of its Grubstreet blog despite Diaz being the main subject of a flagrantly biased and disparaging report.
– In 2013, Diaz’s responses were also deleted from libelous New York magazine "reportage" that blindly reiterated a reprehensibly erroneous New York Post article regarding the businesses of Diaz’s husband. It was the second time that New York magazine had mistakenly reported gross inaccuracies, completely ignoring the facts contained in official New York State and federal court transcripts.

It’s also worth noting that Diaz’s second book, PX Me – The Sequel to PX This, contains cogent evidence that New York magazine commissioned author Jay McInerney to pen a multi-page "damage-control" essay in favor of chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, immediately following the release of PX This, Diaz’s published diary and exposé of Vongerichten’s enterprise. [Jean-Georges’s organization was later implicated in the misappropriation of workers’ tips, resulting in a class-action lawsuit and court settlement of $1.75M].

McInerney’s essay, which blatantly attempted "practically line for line," to dispel Diaz’s multiple allegations of wrongdoing perpetrated by Jean-Georges’s organization, failed to mention and/or acknowledge the existence of PX This, despite the essay’s obvious intent to mitigate Diaz’s implications. McInerney’s reportage without proper context constitutes a glaring journalistic ethical violation. The resultant cover story "advertorial" in favor of Jean-Georges, which appeared in New York magazine, was not disclosed nor delineated as such in any way.

PX Me also contains other examples of journalistic misdeeds on the part of New York magazine, including the falsification and misrepresentation of information presented in its regular and special feature stories.

** UPDATE **
New York Magazine essentially admits it censors comments regarding Abbe Diaz and the Gawker/ NY Times misconduct.
[ Here’s the screen-capture, just in case, cuz we alls know how stuff like this has the tendency to just kinda disappear at New York magazine.]

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NY Times Staffers Admit Cyber-Harassment/ Death-Threats

 

 

New York Times Staffers Admit Cyber-Harassment / Death Threats Against Bestselling Author, for Unveiling Alleged NY Times Impropriety

New York Times contributor Meg Henson Scales— wife of NY Times photographer/editor Jeffrey Henson Scales and mother of ostensible NY Times "essayist" Coco Henson Scales— has sent multiple private messages to PX This via its Facebook page, re-confirming their ongoing cyber-harassment and violent threats against author Abbe Diaz.

There is an obvious similarity of syntax and sentiment between these and their other more blatantly harassing messages, which were originally posted as comments to the PX This website under such pseudonyms as "Wanda Smith," "til8x8x8is4," and "Jesus Palacios." Those past messages included remarks such as [entirely sic]:

“if you don’t take your shit about Coco?? You WILL lose the bullsit you have… ll change your mind. Keep an eye on your front and your back: WHORE.
You disgusting piece of smegma. I’d go to the electric chair laughing, if I only got to kill you.”

you keep that shit lies about Coco? you fucking bitch. you twat. wannaget raped?

Keep talking about Coco Henson Scales. You must think actions doon’t have consequences"

Married a millionaire, my ass... Turning tricks for old men… Please. Just kill yourself. Make the world a better place.”

Their latest missives via Facebook include:
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NY Times Impropriety Results in Death Threats

Hypocrisy

 

** UPDATED 12/1/2014 ** : NY TIMES STAFFER Threatens/Harasses Author for Unveiling Alleged NY TIMES Impropriety

The IP address behind the following cyber-harassment/threats by “Wanda Smith” aka “til8x8x8is4,” against author Abbe Diaz, has been traced to the residence of a current New York Times staffer at the center of the controversy. An Aggravated Harassment report has been filed with the New York Police Department.

The New York Times has been contacted and has not responded.

A follow-up post with complete details is forthcoming HERE.

 

New York Times’s Failure to Address Alleged Journalistic Impropriety Results in Physical Threat Against Bestselling Author from “Friend” of Times Staffer

"… I will tell you this, though. IF I ever find your twisted weave within reachin’ distance of me, I will likely break your neck- if you have one, you no-necked piece of filth.
Coco has something you lack- talent,looks, personality, and a life that isn’t buried beneath a pile of shit. That’s you.
I hope you die soon. I’ll keep my eye you, cunt."

I have personally contacted the New York Times THREE times at several of its e-mail addresses. Here is the auto-responder I have received in reply on every occasion:

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