Jay RosenFeb 28, 2023

I watched the youtube clip where Scott Adams did his racist star turn, and another where he "explained" himself.

It seemed clear that he knew he would lose the strip. He was quite deliberate about it.

More like a career move than an outburst. Planned cancelling.

Not the quiet part said out loud, but the loud part delivered quietly and calmly.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1159605012/dilbert-cartoonist-scott-adams-rant-rebuke

Show threadDarrel PlantFeb 28, 2023
@jayrosen_nyu
It worked for Bari Weiss!
Show threadCharles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥Mar 1, 2023
@darrelplant
I recall Bari Weiss quitting #NYT and not saying anything racist, although I easily could have missed it. I didn't follow the story closely.
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Show threadDarrel Plant

@cgervasi @jayrosen_nyu

That was more of a comment on the "planned cancelling" to stomp off and grift in other pastures, but Weiss complained that while she was still at the NYT other staffers called her a racist (according to stories from 2020 in places like New Republic) so there's that.

Mar 1, 2023 at 6:39pmWeb