When The New York Times appointed Sarah Jeong as the lead technology writer at the newspaper, a group of Reddit users researched her past and found social-media posts that suggest hatred of one particular race—whites. The paper has since stated it “does not condone” Jeong’s behavior.
A 2014 Harvard law graduate, Jeong switched from a writing job at The Verge to join the NYT editorial board, the paper announced on Aug. 1. She’s previously had pieces published in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and other publications.
