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Hello and welcome to the Spikes Podcast.

I'm Fraser Myers and joining me this week,

as ever, we have Spikes Deputy Editor,

and Spiked columnist Ella Whelan.

Hi.

Coming up on the show, the New York Times N-word controversy, Italy's unelected Prime Minister

and the COVID travel ban.

A veteran award-winning reporter was forced out for repeating racist language.

The letter to management McNeil resigned.

With Bache telling employees, we do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent.

A woke mob is in charge over there and that they bow to their own staffers.

That apparently gets triggered if they're presented with any opinion contrary to their own.

A celebrated science writer has been ousted from the New York Times after reportedly using the N-word several years ago on a time-sponsored trip to Peru.

Donald McNeil was initially disciplined by the Times after it was determined that he only used

the N-word in the context of a conversation about racist language.

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