More than 100 Politico employees signed a letter addressed to publisher Robert Albritton complaining about his decision to allow a big meanie named Ben Shapiro to guest-author an edition of the site’s Playbook newsletter. The staffers indicated that they did not approve of the decision because Shapiro says mean things that they don’t like. The letter was given to Albritton just before naptime and right after their diapers were changed.
One editorial staffer told RedState that Shapiro should not have been invited to author the newsletter because he said bigoted things in the past. When informed that the conservative podcaster had apologized for his comments, the Politico employee replied, “okay, but he’s a conservative, which means we have to pretend he still stands by his previous comments.” He burst into tears when his mother took the phone and informed us that it was time for his bath.
Another contributor took issue with the fact that Politico editor in chief Matt Kaminski refused to apologize for letting Shapiro write words in the newsletter that leftists would not agree with. “It’s just not right,” she said, waving her rattle furiously. “People like Shapiro should not be able to write sentences that disagree with what we think is right.”
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11.24.2024