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What rubs me the wrong way about this story is that Conde Nast KNEW about her past indiscretions. She tweeted about it in November of 2019:



This is an excerpt from the WSJ's story:

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/alexi-mccammond-teen-vogue-part-ways-over-racist-homophobic-tweets-11616117037

Cond Nast parted ways with the incoming editor of Teen Vogue, Alexi McCammond, after an uproar among some staffers and readers over racist and homophobic social-media messages she posted a decade ago.
The decision comes less than two weeks after the company announced that the 27-year-old Ms. McCammond, formerly a star political reporter for Axios, was coming in to lead the publication, which has made a name for itself in recent years through its coverage of politics, race and gender.
When the controversy first surfaced earlier this month, Cond Nast said it was aware during the hiring process of her social-media history.
Alexi McCammonds appointment with Teen Vogue brought many difficult and important conversations to the forefront over the last few weeks, said Stan Duncan, Cond Nasts chief people officer, in a memo to staff Thursday. After speaking with Alexi this morning, we agreed that it was best to part ways, so as to not overshadow the important work happening at Teen Vogue.

So Conde Nast, which, if you are unaware, is one of the largest global media corporations in the world & has been active for over 100 years. They publish major circulars like GQ, Vanity Fair, & Vogue. I find it hard to believe that a company of the stature of Conde Nast did not engage in proper vetting before appointing someone to be editor of one of their major magazines.

So they were not blindsided by unearthed tweets. They were fully aware, hired her anyway, but the twenty-something staffers didn't want to work with her, combined with the unfortunate timing of the aforementioned-in-this-topic fashionable caring about racism against Asians being en vogue (pun intended) sunk her chances.

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