{"id":241,"date":"2009-11-11T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=241"},"modified":"2009-11-11T04:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T12:28:00","slug":"editor-sues-murdoch%e2%80%99s-ny-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/11\/editor-sues-murdoch%e2%80%99s-ny-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor Sues Murdoch\u2019s NY Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you look at this story and the accompanying video, please bear in mind that the same person who owns the NY Post also owns Faux Noise<\/em> and the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n

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\"guzman\"<\/a> A former editor for the New York Post has sued the News Corp.-owned newspaper claiming she was fired after complaining about a political cartoon that likened President Barack Obama to a chimpanzee.<\/font><\/p>\n

"Lower Manhattan is lit up as night falls in September 2009 in New York City. A former editor for the New York Post has sued the News Corp.-owned newspaper claiming she was fired after complaining about a political cartoon that likened President Barack Obama to a chimpanzee."<\/font><\/p>\n

Sandra Guzman, a former Post associate editor, alleged in her lawsuit filed with a New York court Monday that "female employees and employees of color have been subjected to pervasive and systematic discrimination" at the newspaper.<\/font><\/p>\n

"Its work environment is permeated with racist and sexist conduct and comments towards employees of color and women<\/strong>," according to the suit by Guzman, who is of African-American and Puerto Rican ancestry.<\/font><\/p>\n

It said that after Guzman complained to her supervisors about the "hostile work environment" and the February 2009 cartoon she was "unlawfully retaliated against by the Company and unjustly terminated on September 29, 2009."<\/font><\/p>\n

Guzman, who worked at the Post for six years and was described in the suit as the "only female editor of color" at the newspaper, is seeking unspecified damages\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It turns out that I am not the only one to take an interest in this story.  Keith Olbermann has a lot to add.<\/p>\n

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