New York Post Editor Gets Fired Over a Comment About a Cartoon
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
By Taylor Finch
A now former New York Post editor has decided to sue the newspaper, claiming she was fired unjustly after making a comment about the "racist" cartoon that appeared to compare President Obama to a chimpanzee.
Sandra Guzman, a black, Puerto Rican associate editor for the New York Post, filed the lawsuit Monday after being fired on September 29 for what she believed was retaliation for her complaints.
Though the New York Post Chairman, Rupert Murdoch, explained that the cartoon's image depicting a policeman shooting at a crazed chimpanzee was merely a play on an actual incident that happened in Connecticut, he later apologized for the inappropriate cartoon after Guzman's allegations of the cartoon's inappropriateness.
The newspaper claims that Guzman was fired on the basis that they were planning to cut the monthly insert that she edits, ultimately letting her go along with the insert, although she had worked there for over six years and had received "strong performance reviews."
Guzman plans to seek "compensatory and punitive damages" for the newspaper inflicting racist and sexist conduct, not only with the cartoon, but also for happenings within the office infrastructure, such as a senior editor constantly referring to her as "Cha Cha #1."
This is not looking good for the New York Post, especially during a very fragile time for the newspaper industry.
2 comments:
This is an interesting story. I wonder if any other employees got fired considering the New York Post said they were going to lay off people or if that was just a cover up.
I read the story wrong. I think they couldn't let someone else go who hasn't had such good comments. They couldn't shorten something else down in the paper so they could keep her? It just seems like a cover up for firing her.
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