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Monday, May 19, 2014

Ousted N.Y. Times editor to grads: Show what you are made of

Jill Abramson arrives for the State Dinner being held for French President Francois Hollande at the White House WINSTON-SALEM/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times' ousted top editor Jill Abramson made her first public remarks on Monday not shying away from the controversy surrounding her departure and told graduates to fight back. Abramson delivered the commencement speech to students graduating from Wake Forest University in North Carolina after unusually scathing criticism of her management style levelled by Times' publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. She brought up Anita Hill noting that the attorney who accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment turned her insults into a badge of honour.




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