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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVice fires Broadly senior writer Mitchell Sunderland who fed stories to Breitbart
Vice has cut ties with a senior writer from its feminist vertical Broadly after a BuzzFeed report revealed that the writer pitched story ideas to then-Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, and once requested that Yiannopoulos mock a fat feminist writer.
Mitchell Sunderland, who at the time he sent emails to Yiannopoulos was managing editor of Broadly, was spotted departing Vices offices with a box of his belongings. (Mic saw a photo of Sunderland departing.)
A Vice spokesperson confirmed to Mic that Sunderland was let go Friday, and that Vice is continuing to look into the matter.
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https://mic.com/articles/185043/vice-fires-broadly-senior-writer-mitchell-sunderland#.IjfYhkskP
Mitchell Sunderland, who at the time he sent emails to Yiannopoulos was managing editor of Broadly, was spotted departing Vices offices with a box of his belongings. (Mic saw a photo of Sunderland departing.)
A Vice spokesperson confirmed to Mic that Sunderland was let go Friday, and that Vice is continuing to look into the matter.
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A long-running email group devoted to mocking stories about the social justice internet included, predictably, Yiannopouloss friend Ann Coulter, but also Mitchell Sunderland, a senior staff writer at Broadly, Vices womens channel. According to its About page, Broadly is devoted to representing the multiplicity of womens experiences. we provide a sustained focus on the issues that matter most to women.
Please mock this fat feminist, Sunderland wrote to Yiannopoulos in May 2016, along with a link to an article by the New York Times columnist Lindy West, who frequently writes about fat acceptance. And while Sunderland was Broadlys managing editor, he sent a Broadly video about the Satanic Temple and abortion rights to Tim Gionet with instructions to do whatever with this on Breitbart. Its insane. The next day, Breitbart published an article titled Satanic Temple Joins Planned Parenthood in Pro-Abortion Crusade.
https://mic.com/articles/185043/vice-fires-broadly-senior-writer-mitchell-sunderland#.IjfYhkskP
Good. Any association with Yiannopoulos or Bretibart is toxic, and needs to have consequences for willing participants.
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Vice fires Broadly senior writer Mitchell Sunderland who fed stories to Breitbart (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2017
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Raster
(20,998 posts)1. I could NOT agree more...
"Any association with Yiannopoulos or Bretibart is toxic, and needs to have consequences for willing participants."
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)2. What's a "feminist vertical"?
"Broadly"?
Do feminists like being called broads? That would be news to me.
Squinch
(50,935 posts)3. And they chose a male editor in the first place for their "feminist vertical."
AJT
(5,240 posts)4. And today he'll proudly be working at Breitbart...
being an open bigot instead of a closeted bigot.
Baitball Blogger
(46,698 posts)5. We are in serious trouble when we have leftwing operators assisting
the right in spreading fake news.
This is worse than plagiarism. Who can you trust, anymore?