NEW YORKER's David Remnick Ducks Debate with Steve Bannon
09/03/2018
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The New Yorker Disinvites Steve Bannon From Festival After Twitter Uproar

Doha Madani
HuffPost•September 3, 2018

The New Yorker canceled an appearance by Steve Bannon at its October festival after a barrage of criticism online.

David Remnick, the magazine’s editor, originally defended the decision to include Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief White House strategist, in an interview with The New York Times on Monday. Bannon was not only featured, but the Times said he would be headlining The New Yorker Festival. 

The New Yorker’s readers and staffers accused Remnick of giving a platform to Bannon’s racism and white nationalist agenda after the Times article. Kathryn Schulz, a Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist with The New Yorker, said she was “beyond appalled” by her employer’s decision on Twitter.

Other high-profile festival speakers, such as John Mulaney and Judd Apatow, threatened to pull out of their scheduled appearances if Bannon was headlining. 

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