The New York Times’ Glenn Thrush, who was famously demoted from his premier post covering the White House over allegation that he was a serial harasser of women, is under fire over a now-deleted tweet on homeless people invading his subway line because it was raining today in D.C.:
It looks like his new assignment covering HUD might not be the best fit for him:
glenn thrush is garbage who harassed women and the ny times kept him gainfully employed. that's where your "the resistance" subscriber dollars are going.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/Dangbattleship/status/997531593211351042
I guess homeless people don’t deserve to be dry, according to the New York Times https://t.co/8q6ogcGKmP
— mark kastner (@mkstnr) May 18, 2018
And this doesn’t make the NYT look very good:
The @nytimes hatred of poor people continues unabated https://t.co/jBBFYAV0IQ
— Maneus ex Machina (@ManuclearBomb) May 18, 2018
Thrush tried to clarify matters…
Take Two: the trains in DC are packed full of homeless mentally ill people today because it is raining — indicative of a very serious problem that seems to require a more robust policy solution than the city is providing.
Is that more to the point?
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) May 18, 2018
…but that didn’t go over well either:
Sigh. https://t.co/abXiHLE2zE
— indian accent alexa (@Tanvim) May 18, 2018
Here's what's to the point: It would be great if the @nytimes reporter covering the social safety net weren't callus toward the homeless and defensively snarky when called out.
— Ted Genoways (@TedGenoways) May 18, 2018
In my experience, saying, "I was off my game and I'm sorry," goes over a lot better than, "Does this satisfy you people who insist on empathy?" Just apologize.
— Ted Genoways (@TedGenoways) May 18, 2018
How about take 3?
Really? I covered homelessness/ housing for 25 years — written story after story about lousy shelters and poor funding — once spent 24 hours riding on an A train with a homeless woman during a rain storm. And I was pointing out how bad things were TODAY in DC but troll on… https://t.co/OKqZSvYhnP
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) May 18, 2018
And swing and a miss! YOU’RE OUT!
Maybe you should avoid talking about spending lots of time with vulnerable women. https://t.co/fEVpbAFplI
— Ed Cara (@EdCara4) May 18, 2018
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Another one?! Glenn Thrush latest journo accused of sexual harassment (DISTURBING texts included) https://t.co/YYXwJKQgEf
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HYPOCRITE Glenn Thrush latest journo accused of sexual harassment (DISTURBING texts included) https://t.co/YYXwJKQgEf
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