On one of my first days at The New York Times, I went to an orientation with more than a dozen other new hires. We had to do an icebreaker: Pick a Starburst out of a jar and then answer a question. My Starburst was pink, I believe, and so I had to answer the pink prompt, which had me respond with my favorite sandwich. Russ & Daughters’ Super Heebster came to mind, but I figured mentioning a $19 sandwich wasn’t a great way to win new friends. So I blurted out, “The spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A,” and considered the ice broken.
The HR representative leading the orientation chided me: “We don’t do that here. They hate gay people.” People started snapping their fingers in acclamation. I hadn’t been thinking about the fact that Chick-fil-A was transgressive in liberal circles for its chairman’s opposition to gay marriage. “Not the politics, the chicken,” I quickly said, but it was too late. I sat down, ashamed.
Read it all.
Screwing over a journalist is like dating Taylor Swift. You know they’re gonna write about it afterwords.
I’m going to have to go with Taylor Swift being a genius:
1. Start up relationship with football player
2. Football takes on a revived popularity
3. More people play football
4. More people develop brain injuries
5 . Taylor Swift gains new fans as a result of #4
You, sir, are a genius.
Yes, that was brilliant.
heh heh heh.
was it planned or coincidental?
l like the lady but thats funny.
Taylor Swift writes songs about her ex boyfriends.
So did Lynsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
But they made the ex boyfriends sing them.
So there’s that.
Yoko Ono enters the chat
The Atlantic pointing a finger at the NYT.
That’s pretty rich.
“The Atlantic pointing a finger at the NYT.
That’s pretty rich.”
Isn’t it? Next up, Salon and Slate will be piling on…
Hipster dude played at totalitarian socialism and got the predictable result, misery. Never saw that plot twist coming eh?
He’s lucky not to be working there now, his fellow ‘journalists’ would be hunting him through the hallways because he’s Jewish.
For those of you not familiar with Adam Rubenstein; he is a classical liberal as opposed to the vast majority at the NYT…who are progressive liberals. Classical liberals might not agree with my point of view, but they take pride in trying to argue their side through rigorous debate. Progressive liberals shut down the conversation because they really don’t hold a substantive position on the topic, but they do hold a substantive position on those who would argue contrary to their perceived correctness.
The Atlantic piece is behind a paywall, and I, for one, will not be contributing to their coffers. Rubenstein became known when he was fired for allowing Republican Tom Cotton to provide an editorial to the NYT that addressed using the military to tone down the rioting in the wake of the George Floyd incident. Rubenstein’s primary sin in inviting this editorial wasn’t so much the source (at first). The real sin was that Cotton wrote a solid piece that was very persuasive. And, as I pointed out, the last thing a progressive liberal wants is a debate on the issues after they have provided their edict. So, they fired Rubenstein….and ever since he’s been writing hit pieces (like this one) on the NYT. It’s been going on for over a year.
Paywall falls before the archive:
https://archive.is/FoIDi
Mentioning a $19 sandwich would not help him gain new friends!?
At the rag of record NYT!?
Adam Adam Adam, there is no price ceiling on a sandwich at the NYT or any other liberal-prog rag.
A $19 sandwich would be a serious status signal.
Buddy never heard of the $16 orange juice? Putz
That’s a Whooper.
Nineteen dollars won’t even get you passable avocado toast nowadays.
Chick-fil-A makes a good chicken sandwich.
Fried chicken doesn’t care about politics.
A Chick-fil-A opened in my Canadian city about 4 months ago. Knowing how popular it is I gave it a shot and was horribly disappointed. Mary Brown’s and Wendy’s are a lot better. Maybe I’ll give it another shot, maybe they’ve kicked it up a notch since they first opened.
In Montana – Kalispell – we now have a new minor league baseball team. Great stadium and atmosphere. The second year Chick-fil-A opened a concession stand. I ordered a chicken sandwich. It was $9.00 I got a tough chicken nugget on a cheap hot dog roll. I then composed an email to the company, expalined what happened and could I get a coupon or a refund. They just said tough $hit.
Never again with that garbage company. They say they are Christian. I think they converted to Islam. You either stand behind what you sell or you don’t. They don’t. Could care less if they failed.
Until you’re willing to tell them all to FOAD, they will have your ****s in a vice.
Can’t get the “whole story”, but that’s okay. Question: why did you (a) go for, and (b) stay with the NYT?
Simple litmus test: Swap “conservatives” or “Republicans” with any of the following: blacks, asians, jews …
and you’ll understand how hateful these people truly are.
It took the New York Times 50 years to acknowledge that it was possible for a rocket to work it space.
Have they ever acknowledged their propagandizing for Stalin?
“we don’t do that here”
Of course not, the NYT does not allow differing viewpoints. That dumbass didn’t know that going to work there?
” … which had me respond with my favorite sandwich. Russ & Daughters’ Super Heebster came to mind, but I figured mentioning a $19 sandwich wasn’t a great way to win new friends. So I blurted out, “The spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A,”
Thereby, proving he had all the important prerequisites to be a journalist: dishonesty, cowardice, and sycophancy.
“Thereby, proving he had all the important prerequisites to be a journalist: dishonesty, cowardice, and sycophancy.”
^^^-That!!!-^^^ Well said, Sir!