<ul class="summary-list"><li>Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennet met with investigators for four hours on Monday. </li><li>Her lawyer Debra Katz said she provided information about the "sexually hostile work environment."</li><li>Bennett is one of seven women to publicly accuse the governor of sexual harassment. </li></ul><p>One of the former employees accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment met with investigators on Monday for four hours and turned over 120 pages of documents, her lawyer Debra Katz said Monday. </p><p>Charlotte Bennett, 25, a former executive assistant and health policy adviser in the Cuomo administration, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2nd-former-aide-accuses-andrew-cuomo-of-sexual-harassment-2021-2">came forward with allegations of sexual harassment</a> against the governor in an interview with The New York Times published February 27.</p><p>Katz said Bennett provided "detailed information about the sexually hostile work environment fostered in both his Manhattan and Albany offices." </p><p>The lawyer added that a new detail that emerged from Bennett's meeting was Cuomo's preoccupation with hand size and "what the large size of his hands indicated to Charlotte and other members of his staff."</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Nick Reisman  (@NickReisman) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1371547128212946951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2021</a></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-cuomo-scandals-summary-sexual-harassment-nursing-homes-impeachment-resignation-2021-3">In addition to Bennett</a>, seven other women have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment.</p><p>The allegations of Cuomo's harassment of female staff during his time as governor over the past decade are currently under investigation. Katz told The Times on March 1 that Bennett intended to fully cooperate with the probe.  </p><p>Attorney General Letitia James <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cuomo-sexual-harassment-investigation-lead-lawyers-clark-kim-2021-3">has selected two powerhouse attorneys</a>, former federal prosecutor Joon Kim and civil rights lawyer Anne Clark, who specializes in employment discrimination, to conduct a fully independent investigation of the allegations with subpoena power. </p><p>Bennett claims that Cuomo asked her inappropriate questions about her sex and dating life, including whether she had dated older men. </p><p>"As we know, abusers - particularly those with tremendous amounts of power - are often repeat offenders who engage in manipulative tactics to diminish allegations, blame victims, deny wrongdoing and escape consequences," <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/nyregion/charlotte-bennett-cuomo.html">Bennett told The Times in early March.</a> "It took the governor 24 hours and significant backlash to allow for a truly independent investigation. These are not the actions of someone who simply feels misunderstood; they are the actions of an individual who wields his power to avoid justice."</p><p>Bennett's, Katz, said at the time that Bennett intends to fully cooperate with the fledgling investigation into Cuomo's conduct. Katz is a high-profile sex discrimination lawyer who previously represented Christine Blasey-Ford when she accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s. </p><p>"He was not acting as a mentor, and his remarks were not misunderstood by Ms. Bennett," Katz told The Times. "He was abusing his power over her for sex. This is textbook sexual harassment."</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Nick Reisman  (@NickReisman) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1371547128212946951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2021</a></blockquote>

One of Gov. Cuomo's accusers met with investigators for 4 hours on Monday and turned over 120 pages of documents

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="53556" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="New-York-Times">New York Times</keyword> plans to increase its percentage of Black and Latino leaders by 50% by 2025.</li><li>An internal review found Black people make up just 9% of employees, the same share as in 2015.</li><li>The Times' review follows several high-profile scandals involving racism over the last year.</li></ul><p>The New York Times leadership said the company's workforce needs to change upon releasing a sweeping review of the firm's <keyword id="61889" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Diversity">diversity</keyword> and culture. </p><p>The esteemed paper is "too often a difficult place to work" for people of color, especially for Black and Latino workers, executive editor Dean Baquet, CEO Meredith Kopit Levien, and chairman Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. said in a <a href="https://www.nytco.com/company/diversity-and-inclusion/a-call-to-action/">letter</a>. </p><p>Their review revealed the number of Black people make up just 9% of employees at The Times - the same share as in 2015. The number of Black leaders has increased by just 1%. </p><p>Now, the Grey Lady plans to increase the percentage of Black and Latino employees in leadership by 50% by the end of 2025.</p><p>The newsroom review follows several high-profile scandals involving racism at the company. Editorial page editor James Bennet <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-times-editor-james-bennet-resigns-op-ed-2020-6">resigned</a> in June after he signed off on piece by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton arguing to "send in the troops" to anti-police brutality protests. Reporter Donald McNeil Jr. left the paper in February after the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/star-new-york-times-reporter-donald-mcneil-accused-of-using-n-word-making-other-racist-comments">Daily Beast reported</a> he used the n-word and made stereotypical comments about Black teenagers on a student trip.</p><p>"For over a century and a half, The New York Times has succeeded in part by recognizing when it needed to change," Baquet, Levien, and Sulzberger said in the letter. "This is such a moment."</p><p>Baquet, Levien, and Sulzberger announced a multi-step plan to improve the firm's diversity and culture, which includes deepening support for employee resource groups, creating a new diversity office in Human resources, and update the company on diversity progress twice a year.</p><p>The review, conducted by editors Amber Guild, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/carolyn-ryan-most-powerful-woman-new-york-times-newsroom-2021-2">Carolyn Ryan</a>, and Anand Venkatesan, said Black workers, particularly Black women, rated the company lower across nearly all categories of the Times' 2020 employee survey, and Black employees outside leadership leave the company at a higher rate than white colleagues.</p><p>Asian-American women reported feeling "invisible and unseen," and said they regularly are called the name of different colleagues of the same race. </p><p>Just 5% of the company's leadership roles are held by Black people, and 4% by Latino employees. Native American employees represent less than 1% of all staffers, Latino employees represent 7%, Black employees represent 9%, and Asian employees represent 14%.</p><p>People of color hold 33% of all roles on staff, and 23% of leadership roles.</p>

The New York Times released a damning diversity report that found its newsroom a 'difficult place to work' for people of color

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e51b569fee23d067b316fa3-2400/2020-02-21t110535z1lynxmpeg1k0z8rtroptp4usa-election-sanders.jpg" alt="FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders gestures as he speaks at the UnidosUS Annual Conference, in San Diego, California, U.S., August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo" /><ul class="summary-list"><li>A host of high-profile commentators and cable news anchors began lashing out at Sen. Bernie Sanders as preliminary results from the Nevada caucus showed him winning. </li><li>MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Saturday compared Sanders' win in Nevada to Nazi Germany gaining control of France during World War II.</li><li>James Carville, a longtime Democratic strategist who advised Sen. Michael Bennet's failed 2020 bid, suggested Sanders' success can be chalked up to a reported Russian interference campaign. </li><li>MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, a former press secretary for President George W. Bush, praised Carville's comments and further claimed Sanders "hasn't been vetted" by the media or his opponents. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>As <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nevada-democratic-caucuses-live-results-vote-counts-2020-2">results in the Nevada caucus</a> showed Sen. Bernie Sanders with a big lead on Saturday afternoon, a host of high-profile commentators and cable news anchors began lashing out at the candidate. </p><p>MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Saturday compared Sanders' win in Nevada to Nazi Germany gaining control of France during World War II. Matthews described the Vermont lawmaker's expected win - and step towards the party's nomination - as something of a catastrophe for the Democratic Party. </p><p>Matthews even argued moderate Democrats may rather see President Donald Trump win a second term than vote for Sanders. </p><p>"Do they want Bernie Sanders to take over the Democratic Party in perpetuity?" Matthews asked his panel in Las Vegas. "Maybe they'd rather wait four years and put in the Democrat that they like."</p><p>James Carville, a longtime Democratic strategist who advised Sen. Michael Bennet's failed 2020 bid, argued that Sanders' success thus far in the primary is attributable to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/officials-told-bernie-sanders-russia-trying-to-help-campaign-2020-2">Russian's reported interference campaign</a>.</p><p>Carville said he doesn't think the Sanders campaign is colluding with Russia in any way, but then went on to argue that Sanders' 2016 campaign adviser Tad Devine was "Paul Manafort's sidekick," appearing to suggest Sanders' campaign has been corrupted by Russian influence. </p><p>"This thing is going very well for Vladimir Putin right now," Carville said. </p><p>MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, a former press secretary for President George W. Bush, praised Carville's comments and further claimed that Sanders "hasn't been vetted by either the press or the other candidates." Another MSNBC host, Joy Reid, described Sanders' supporters as "angry" and argued, "Democrats need to sober up and figure out what the hell they're going to do" about Sanders' rise. </p><p>On CNN, Van Jones, a regular contributor who served in President Barack Obama's administration, <a href="https://twitter.com/taragolshan/status/1231344180485611520">joked</a> that the Democratic establishment should toss marbles or a banana peel under Sanders to slow his rise. </p><p>The Sanders campaign has long argued that much of cable news and the "mainstream" media is biased against him and offers his more moderate Democratic opponents significantly more favorable coverage. And many Sanders supporters took issue with the cable punditry on Saturday. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MSNBC's Chris Matthews likens Sanders victory in Nevada to Nazi Germany overrunning France in 1940: "It's too late to stop him … it's over" <a href="https://t.co/6GJetLoDkq">pic.twitter.com/6GJetLoDkq</a></p>- Tom Elliott  (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1231353446336548867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>James Carville: Putin is trying to help Sen. Sanders because Putin wants President Trump to win. It's a straight line.<br /><br />"I don't think Sanders wants Putin to help ... I think they don't like this story, but the story is a fact." <a href="https://t.co/YxOLhSACtA">pic.twitter.com/YxOLhSACtA</a></p>- MSNBC  (@MSNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1231347154884665350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MSNBC just had an extended interview with James Carville in which he urged the candidates to stop attacking each other after he spent the entire interview attacking Bernie. Panel was Brian Williams, Nicolle Wallace, and Claire McCaskill - not a single progressive</p>- Amanda Terkel  (@aterkel) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1231342675816783873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Meanwhile, on MSNBC, a panel is asked to discuss whether moderate Dems should prefer Trump to be re-elected over Sanders: <a href="https://t.co/rfOsZkw6Q8">pic.twitter.com/rfOsZkw6Q8</a></p>- Taniel  (@Taniel) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1231329326672384000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>MSNBC sure has a lot of commentators who hate Sanders.</p>- Brian Fallon  (@brianefallon) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1231343169964560384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>"Racist, liberal whites seem to love them some Bernie Sanders.<br /><br />He cares nothing for intersectionality. I don't care how many people from the island of misfit Black girls you throw out there to defend you."<a href="https://twitter.com/DrJasonJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrJasonJohnson</a> on Bernie's staff &amp; supporters. MSNBC should sever ties. <a href="https://t.co/abxZKsFhaA">pic.twitter.com/abxZKsFhaA</a></p>- Samuel D. Finkelstein II  (@CANCEL_SAM) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1230971357153894400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>AMAZING <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoyAnnReid</a> as <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BernieSanders</a> crushes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NevadaCaucus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NevadaCaucus</a>.<br /><br />1) Reid &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@msnbc</a> JUST NOW realize the working class in America is DESPERATE and ANGRY at their corporate neoliberal club.<br /><br />2) Reid essentially tells Dems to "figure out what you're gonna do" to stop Sanders <a href="https://t.co/iuJKxq7CXc">pic.twitter.com/iuJKxq7CXc</a></p>- Jordan  (@JordanChariton) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1231353883928207362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2020</a></blockquote>

'This thing is going very well for Vladimir Putin': Cable news hosts and pundits freak out at Bernie Sanders as he leads in Nevada

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Bari Weiss, a controversial editor for The <keyword id="53556" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="New-York-Times">New York Times</keyword>' opinion section, is leaving her job at the legacy paper. </li><li>The Times' acting editorial page editor said in a statement to NBC <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> that the paper appreciated "the many contributions that Bari made to Times opinion."</li><li>In her resignation letter, Weiss said she was quitting over what she described as The Times' culture of censoring centrist and <keyword id="58815" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="conservative">conservative</keyword> opinions and alleged she faced "unlawful discrimination" and a "hostile work environment."</li></ul><p>Bari Weiss, the controversial staff editor for The New York Times' opinion section, announced on Tuesday that she was leaving the legacy paper.</p><p>In a lengthy <a href="https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter">resignation letter</a> posted to her website, Weiss said she was quitting over what she described as The Times' culture of censoring centrist and conservative opinions and alleged she faced "unlawful discrimination" and a "hostile work environment."</p><p>"The lessons that ought to have followed the election — lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society — have not been learned," she wrote. "Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn't a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else."</p><p>The Times' acting editorial page editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, confirmed Weiss' departure, saying in <a href="https://twitter.com/davidgura/status/1283053507629719552?s=20">a statement to NBC News</a> that the paper appreciated "the many contributions that Bari made to Times opinion." Kingsbury added that she was "personally committed to ensuring that the Times continues to publish voices, experiences and viewpoints from across the political spectrum." </p><p>Weiss, who's attracted widespread criticism since she joined the paper in 2017, was condemned by many Times colleagues after she wrote a series of tweets last month saying that the newspaper was in the throes of a "civil war ... between the (mostly young) wokes the (mostly 40+) liberals."</p><p>Weiss' tweets came amid <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-new-york-times-drama-2020-6">an internal debate</a> over the publication of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html">GOP Sen. Tom Cotton's op-ed</a> calling for the military to be used to quell anti-racism protests. </p><p>Many Black New York Times employees and others in the organization <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyt-staff-publication-op-ed-calling-military-protests-2020-6">protested the op-ed</a>, which they said put Black Times staff and others "in danger" by advocating for the use of military force against American civilians. </p><p>"I've been mocked by many people over the past few years for writing about the campus culture wars," Weiss wrote in her thread. "They told me it was a sideshow. But this was always why it mattered: The people who graduated from those campuses would rise to power inside key institutions and transform them."</p><p>The paper ultimately issued a correction to the op-ed, which the paper said did not meet its standards, and opinion editor <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-bennet-resigns-nytimes-op-ed.html">James Bennet resigned</a>. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Bari Weiss  (@bariweiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1268628680797978625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote>

Controversial opinion editor Bari Weiss resigns from The New York Times

<ul class="summary-list"><li>After <keyword id="1191309" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Philadelphia-Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</keyword> published a column under the print headline "Buildings Matter, Too," 44 journalists of color at the daily newspaper signed an open letter to management condemning the decision and calling in sick. </li><li>One day after the controversial headline <a href="https://twitter.com/GenePark/status/1268211773305491457">caused criticism online</a>, the newspaper <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-inquirer-black-lives-matter-headline-apology-20200603.html">apologized</a> for its wording in an editorial. But many Black journalists at The Inquirer called on leadership "to do better."</li><li>The controversy comes amid a similar uproar among staffers at The New York Times, whose opinions section published an op-ed by a Republican senator calling for the US to deploy the military to quell police brutality protests throughout the country. </li></ul><p>44 journalists of color at The <keyword id="36219" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</keyword> Inquirer <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRSXh3ATPo_bjl5iUfrFnTuC-_Z-CQKt8DGtz0LgTzURnRwiPR-SEfNcaWlMMl9PNXXMhQ_nVFGvacK/pub">signed a letter to management</a> calling in "sick and tired" on Thursday after the daily newspaper printed the headline, "Buildings Matter, Too." </p><p>The print headline accompanied <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/floyd-protest-center-city-philadelphia-lootings-52nd-street-walnut-chestnut-street-20200601.html">a column by architecture critic Inga Saffon</a>, which analyzed how the damage to cities during the police brutality protests sparked by George Floyd's death "will ultimately end up hurting the very people the protests are meant to uplift." </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Gene Park  (@GenePark) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1268211773305491457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2020</a></blockquote><p>On June 3, one day after the controversial headline <a href="https://twitter.com/GenePark/status/1268211773305491457">caused criticism online</a>, the newspaper <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-inquirer-black-lives-matter-headline-apology-20200603.html">apologized</a> for its wording in an editorial. "An Inquirer headline suggested an equivalence between the loss of buildings and the lives of black Americans. That is unacceptable," the article said. The Inquirer went on to explain its headline-writing process and shed light on how the decision was made. </p><p>The note, co-signed by the newsroom's executive leadership, included an apology to journalists of color at The Inquirer. "Finally, we apologize to Inquirer journalists, particularly those of color, who expressed sadness, anger, and embarrassment in a two-hour newsroom-wide meeting Wednesday. An enormous amount of pressure sits on the shoulders of black and brown Inquirer journalists, and mistakes like this, made by the publication they work for, are profoundly demoralizing," the article said. </p><p>Still, many Black journalists at The Inquirer called on leadership "to do better," as features reporter Brandon Bell said in a tweet. The open letter addressed the burden shouldered by Black and nonwhite journalists, especially during a time like this, as many newsroom leaders across the country <a href="https://ijnet.org/en/story/covering-us-protests-provide-unbiased-reporting">grapple with how to report on the protests</a>. </p><p>"We're tired of shouldering the burden of dragging this 200-year-old institution kicking and screaming into a more equitable age. We're tired of being told of the progress the company has made and being served platitudes about 'diversity and inclusion' when we raise our concerns. We're tired of seeing our words and photos twisted to fit a narrative that does not reflect our reality. We're tired of being told to show both sides of issues there are no two sides of," the open letter said. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Brandon Bell  (@brandontrevion) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1268522212119756801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote><p>"On June 4, we're calling in sick and tired. Sick and tired of pretending things are OK. Sick and tired of not being heard. It is an act that pains us, knowing that now more than ever it is our duty and responsibility to uplift the marginalized voices of our community. But in this moment, it is more important for us to stand alongside those who have risen up against systemic racism and inequities and call on the Inquirer to do better. To be better." </p><p>The letter comes amid a similar controversy at The New York Times, which published an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html">op-ed by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas</a> that called for the US military to send troops to quell the "orgy of violence in the spirit of radical chic." Black and nonblack employees of The New York Times have <a href="https://twitter.com/katierosman/status/1268332044347682817">voiced their frustration over the article on Twitter</a>, leading to an explanation of the Times' decision to publish the piece from Editorial Page Editor James Bennet. </p><p>At least three Times journalists told their editors that sources refused to participate in interviews in light of Cotton's article, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/business/tom-cotton-op-ed.html?smid=tw-share">the newspaper reported</a>. </p><p>Nikole-Hannah Jones, a <a href="https://nikolehannahjones.com/about/">Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at The New York Times Magazine</a> who led the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html">groundbreaking 1619 Project</a> last fall, said in a tweet that to stay silent on the Cotton article "would be immoral."</p><p>"As a black woman, as a journalist, as an American, I am deeply ashamed that we ran this," she said. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Ida Bae Wells  (@nhannahjones) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1268334601166106624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote><p>"Times Opinion owes it to our readers to show them counter-arguments, particularly those made by people in a position to set policy," Bennet said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/JBennet/status/1268328282715492358">tweet</a>. </p><p>The "buildings matter, too" rhetoric, which conflates buildings with Black lives, has grown in the last week, as <a href="https://www.insider.com/june-2-protests-atlanta-washington-ny-la-2020-6">peaceful protests across the US</a> have at times led to violence and looting. In many cases, police officers have been caught on camera inciting violence at peaceful protests, and many followers of fringe movements, including the <a href="https://www.insider.com/boogaloo-bois-protest-far-right-minneapolis-extremist-guns-hawaiian-shirts-2020-5">Boogaloo Bois</a>, have appeared at protests to stoke violence.</p><p>Insider has reached out to The Philadelphia Inquirer for comment. </p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/june-2-protests-atlanta-washington-ny-la-2020-6">Protests over the death of George Floyd continued for an eighth night, remaining largely peaceful after previous days of violence</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-unfollows-nytimes-tom-cotton-op-ed-2020-6">Jack Dorsey appears to have unfollowed the New York Times on Twitter after it published a controversial op-ed calling for military action amid protests</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gops-tom-cotton-calls-for-military-force-against-anarchist-protesters-2020-6">GOP Sen. Tom Cotton calls for the US Army's toughest soldiers to quell 'domestic terrorism' and suggests protesters should be shown no mercy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/black-lives-matter-photos-protest-signs-2020-6">Powerful signs from Black Lives Matter protests across the US</a></li></ul>

The Philadelphia Inquirer published a column titled 'Buildings Matter, Too,' and journalists of color penned an open letter 'calling in sick and tired'

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a56f5f8a75e2052068b4c01-2000/ap17143789420538.jpg" alt="Eric Greitens" data-mce-source="Jeff Roberson/AP" data-mce-caption="Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks to supporters during a rally Tuesday, May 23, 2017, outside the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Greitens has brought lawmakers back to for a special session to consider legislation that would allow steel-works facilities and aluminum smelters to negotiate electricity rates lower than what is allowed under current law and for longer contracts which supporters say would create jobs while critics call the push a veiled attempt to make it easier for investor-owned utilities companies to raise rates." /><p class="source"><span>Jeff Roberson/AP</span></p><p class="caption">Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri has been accused of taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair.</strong></li><li><strong>Greitens admitted to having an affair, which reportedly took place before was elected, but he denied allegations that he intended to use the photo to blackmail the alleged victim.</strong></li></ul><hr /><p><br />Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri has been accused of taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he allegedly had an extramarital affair, an <a href="http://www.kmov.com/story/37240190/governor-greitens-admits-to-extramarital-affair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> by the television station KMOV revealed. Greitens' lawyer has denied allegations that Greitens intended to use the photo as blackmail</p><p>In a recording between the woman who claimed to have had the affair and her husband at the time, the woman, whose identity was not disclosed, claimed to have met Greitens when he was a customer at a hair salon where she worked.</p><p>The ex-husband who provided the recording to KMOV alleged that Greitens had escalated the encounter by taking a nude picture of his wife "as blackmail."</p><p>"There is no worse person," the ex-husband alleged. "I think it's as bad as it gets, It's as bad as it gets when someone takes advantage of something."</p><p>The woman continued to say in the recording that the sexual encounter was consensual and that Greitens apologized and deleted the photo after the encounter.</p><p>Greitens, who admitted to the affair on Wednesday, said in a joint statement with his wife that the affair took place years before he was elected governor and that it was a "deeply personal mistake."</p><p>"Eric took responsibility, and we dealt with this together honestly and privately," the statement read, according to KMOV. "While we never would have wished for this pain in our marriage, or the pain that this has caused others, with God's mercy Sheena has forgiven and we have emerged stronger."</p><p>"We understand that there will be some people who cannot forgive - but for those who can find it in your heart, Eric asks for your forgiveness," the statement continued, "And we are grateful for your love, your compassion, and your prayers."</p><p>James Bennet, Greitens's attorney, issued a <a href="https://twitter.com/ZavalaA/status/951326211812163585" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> saying there were "multiple false allegations" in an original report that aired on local television, and claimed that "there was no blackmail."</p><p>"The outrageous claims of improper conduct regarding these almost three-year-ago events are false," Bennet said.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ryan-opioids-are-being-funneled-into-us-via-usps-trump-politics-2017-12">This congressman wants to target the USPS to help stop the opioid crisis</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/eAjAclpw-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

Republican Missouri governor accused of blackmail during extramarital affair

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58fb8f9e0ba0b8ea048b550b-2400/img4990.jpg" alt="march for science new york" /><p class="source"><span>Greg Hoffman/Business Insider</span></p><p>The New York Times' decision to publish a debut op-ed column by the newly-hired Bret Stephens, a notable denier of anthropogenic climate change, has sparked an uproar from the paper's subscribers, who are furious that the Times decided to publish a column that is contrary to much of the modern-day scientific consensus on the dangers of global warming.</p><p>In his column, Stephens compared the "certitude" with which Hillary Clinton's advisers believed she would win the 2016 election to climate scientists' repeated warnings about climate change risks. As evidence, Stephens said that inaccurate polling data during the 2016 campaign proves that science can miss the mark in other fields as well. </p><p>"<span>There's a lesson here. We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris," Stephens wrote. </span></p><p><span>Stephens' column evoked a swift and angry response from many of the paper's subscribers, who promptly canceled their subscriptions and bashed the Times' decision to hire Stephens as a writer. </span></p><p>Stephens' column also prompted backlash from those within the scientific community, like Stefan Rahmstorf, the head of Earth System Analysis at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Rahmstorf <a href="https://twitter.com/rahmstorf/status/857625862933540864" target="_blank">sharply criticized</a> the Times' decision to hire Stephens, as well as Stephens' column, in a letter to the executive editor. </p><p>"I enjoy reading different opinions from my own, but this is not a matter of different opinions," Rahmstorf wrote. He added that in its defense of Stephens, "The Times argued that 'millions agree with Stephens.' It made me wonder what's next - when are you hiring a columnist claiming that the sun and stars revolve around the Earth, because millions agree with that?"</p><p>The Times has said it hired Stephens as part of an effort to "further widen" the range of views it brings its audience, editorial page editor James Bennet <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bret-stephens-new-york-times_us_58f12c80e4b0b9e9848bed3e" target="_blank">told the Huffington Post on Friday</a>. </p><p><span>Bennet added that there "are many shades of conservatism and many shades of liberalism,"and the Times owes it to readers to "capture a wide range." He also said that it's "terribly unfair" to label Stephens a climate denier. </span></p><p><span>"<span>There's more than one kind of denial," he said. "<span>And to pretend like the views of a thinker like Bret, and the millions of people who agree with him on a range of issues, should simply be ignored, that they're outside the bounds of reasonable debate, is a really dangerous form of delusion."</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Stephens has <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalisms-imaginary-enemies-1448929043" target="_blank">written in the past</a> about his belief that climate change, statistics about rape on college campuses, and institutionalized racism are "imagined enemies." </span></span></span></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion">@nytopinion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT">@BretStephensNYT</a> Think it's time to cancel my subscription.</p>- Julie DiCaro  (@JulieDiCaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/858053845955510272">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion">@nytopinion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes">@nytimes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT">@BretStephensNYT</a> Please don't force me to cancel my subscription with this nonsense.</p>- the best words  (@simonlcupcake) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/858050059874836481">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion">@nytopinion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes">@nytimes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT">@BretStephensNYT</a> Global warming deniers get enough of a voice with this administration, I'm disappointed you are giving them a voice at NYT</p>- Christine Maria Rose  (@cmhrose) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/858050479754018817">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion">@nytopinion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT">@BretStephensNYT</a> No. Glad I went with the Washington post instead.</p>- Peter  (@pkkilkel) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/858047472840695808">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion">@nytopinion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes">@nytimes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT">@BretStephensNYT</a> No. And I'm considering canceling my subscription. A newspaper has a responsibility not to print demonstrably things.  That's Fox's job</p>- bjornapooryoung  (@Bjornapoor) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/858049786129395712">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/nytopinion">@nytopinion</a> Bye 👋 <a href="https://t.co/btFvlFMzIs">pic.twitter.com/btFvlFMzIs</a></p>- Marie Mosley  (@MMosley) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/858050230041890817">April 28, 2017</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Why I cancelled my <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes">@nytimes</a> subscription. <a href="https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT">@BretStephensNYT</a> <a href="https://t.co/A3lFZNJdhY">pic.twitter.com/A3lFZNJdhY</a></p>- Stefan Rahmstorf  (@rahmstorf) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/857625862933540864">April 27, 2017</a></blockquote>            <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yale-professor-governments-use-disasters-control-society-george-bush-911-donald-trump-2017-4">A Yale history professor explains how governments can use disasters and tragedies to control society</a></h3>                                    Please enable Javascript to watch this video                    

People are furiously canceling their New York Times subscriptions after an op-ed disputing climate change was published

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5831c588ba6eb606688b4713-1024" alt="donald trump" data-mce-source="Drew Angerer/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="President-elect Donald Trump in New Jersey." /><p class="source"><span>Drew Angerer/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">President-elect Donald Trump in New Jersey.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>President-elect Donald Trump told the New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/us/politics/trump-new-york-times-interview-transcript.html">during a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday</a> that his stance on taking climate change action will depend on what it costs US corporations. </p><p>In response to a question from the Times' editorial page editor, James Bennet, about whether Trump thought "human activity" is connected to climate change, Trump replied that there is "some" connectivity, but that action from his administration depends on "how much it's going to cost our companies." </p><p>"You have to understand, our companies are noncompetitive right now," Trump said, adding that the US has lost 70,000 factories since George W. Bush's administration, and implied that it was because of bad trade deals with other nations.</p><p>"<span>We have to make ourselves competitive," Trump said. "<span>Because a lot of these countries that we do business with, they make deals with our president, or whoever, and then they don't adhere to the deals, you know that. And it's much less expensive for their companies to produce products."</span></span></p><p><span><span>While the US <a href="http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/apr/23/ed-schultz/msnbcs-schultz-trade-deals-closed-50000-factories/">lost around 71,000 factories between 1993 and 2012</a>, it is unclear if trade agreements were the cause. </span></span></p><p><span><span>A 2015 study at Ball State University's Center for Business and Economic Research found that trade accounted for <a href="http://conexus.cberdata.org/files/MfgReality.pdf">just over 13% of American factory job loss</a>. The overwhelming majority of manufacturing job loss could be attributed to "productivity" gains, most likely via automation. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span><span>Trump concluded: "<span>So I'm going to be studying that very hard, and I think I have a very big voice in it. And I think my voice is listened to, especially by people that don't believe in it. And we'll let you know."</span></span></span><span><span> </span></span></p>     <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-donald-trump-victory-party-presidential-election-2016-11">What it was really like to be inside Trump's victory party</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="14amdoNzE6oGFLzflqYu9BVFwGTZGwVv" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '14amdoNzE6oGFLzflqYu9BVFwGTZGwVv',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Trump: Climate change action depends on 'how much it's going to cost' US companies

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a840ed8d030721b008b469c-824/quinnnortonphotographing.jpg" alt="Quinn Norton" data-mce-source="Cory Doctorow from London, UK" data-mce-caption="Quinn Norton." data-link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2171662" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2171662">Cory Doctorow from London, UK</a></span></p><p class="caption">Quinn Norton.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>The New York Times hired and fired opinion writer Quinn Norton in the space of seven hours on Tuesday.</strong></li><li><strong>Twitter users uncovered Norton's friendship with neo-Nazi Andrew Auernheimer, as well as her use of </strong><strong>homophobic and racist slurs in old tweets.</strong></li><li><strong>Norton defended herself in sequence of tweets late on Tuesday, but did not apologise for her past remarks. </strong></li></ul><hr /><p><br />The New York Times announced on Tuesday that it would hire Quinn Norton, Wired Magazine's former head of opinion writing on technology, to lead its own tech opinion section.</p><p>But within seven hours, the Times cut ties with her over a handful of old tweets wherein Norton talks about an infamous neo-Nazi as her friend and uses slurs against homosexual men and black people.</p><p>After the Times announced Norton's hire and she responded to a wave of congratulations on Twitter, a newly curious public came across years-old tweets.</p><p>In a discussion about terrorists, a label which Norton called "meaningless," she outright denied their existence and made the perplexing analogy that "at this point, as far as I'm concerned no one is a terrorist, in exactly the same way no human being is a nigger."</p><p>In other heated exchanges, she repeatedly used the slur "fag" and "faggot." And, her history revealed a friendship with infamous neo-Nazi Andrew Auernheimer, a hacker and internet troll known as "weev," who writes for The Daily Stormer.</p><p>During the seven hours between the announcement of Norton's hire and her dismissal, she claimed to be at a movie and unable to respond to a growing mountain of criticism on Twitter.</p><p>When she finally emerged, she announced she'd no longer have the job at the Times. An <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/business/media/quinn-norton-new-york-times.html?mtrref=www.google.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article on its website said the same.</a></p><h2>NYT: This was new information to us</h2><p>James Bennet, the editorial page editor of The Times, said in a statement: "Despite our review of Quinn Norton's work and our conversations with her previous employers, this was new information to us. Based on it, we've decided to go our separate ways."</p><p>It is unclear why the Times did not screen Norton. The media company is attempting to retool its opinion section following the 2016 US presidential election, which they <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/new-york-times-public-editor-why-we-were-wrong-2016-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted to mishandling.</a></p><p>In a series of tweets late on Tuesday, Norton defended herself and did not apologise.</p><p>She said she did not support weev, but thought "white folks should engage with the racists in their life" and "<span>all people are redeemable, and 'all people' is all people."</span></p><p><span>She chalked up her use of homophobic slurs to using the vernacular of the gay community, something which she has written about in the past. </span></p><p><span>The writer said: "As I said so many times to the @nytimes, no harm no foul. I'm sorry I can't do the work I wanted to do with them. I wish there had been a way, but ultimately, they need to feel safe with how the net will react to their opinion writers."</span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/president-trump-theresa-may-davos-false-rumour-2018-1">President Trump tells Theresa May not to believe the 'false rumour' that he doesn't 'have great respect for everything you're doing'</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/gRVAvL1d-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

New York Times hires and fires head opinion writer within 7 hours over her friendship with a Nazi and racist slurs

<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:420px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/523b00466bb3f7903d7a9807-1200-924/mark-zuckerberg-6.png?maxX=420" border="0" alt="Mark Zuckerberg" width="420" /><p class="source on-image"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/events/archive/2013/09/watch-mark-zuckerberg-talk-with-i-atlantic-i-editor-in-chief-james-bennet/279787/">The Atlantic</a></p><p class="caption">Zuckerberg spoke with James Bennet of the Atlantic yesterday</p></div></div>In a conversation with <a href="http://fora.tv/2013/09/18/Facebook_Nation_Mr_Zuckerberg_Goes_to_Washington"><em>Atlantic</em> editor in chief James Bennet yesterday</a>, Mark Zuckerberg talked about <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/zuckerbergs-cynical-lobbying-wins-2013-6">FWD.us, the advocacy group he founded</a> that helps push for <keyword id="124780" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="immigration-reform">immigration reform</keyword>. </p>
<p><span>The <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword> co-founder and CEO spoke to the mission, but mentioned an interesting detail about how the organization came to be: it started with a conversation with a 13-year-old student. </span></p>
<p>"My wife [Priscilla] just graduated from medical school to become a pediatrician, so our dinner conversations are usually about two things: Facebook and kids," Zuckerberg chuckled to the crowd. He joked that while he could probably avoid the topic of starting their own family ("at least for now"), Priscilla had always urged that they strive to do more than just donate their money to organizations they care about.</p>
<p>"We're not just going to be people who write checks but have never taught anything ourselves," Zuckerberg said, quoting his wife. </p>
<p>So the two set up an after-school class in East Menlo Park, CA to teach middle school kids about entrepreneurship. Each week he goes over one skill, and each group has a side project. When the class ends, the students come to Facebook headquarters and market the products they've created. </p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But as Zuckerberg became impressed with the skillset of the kids he was teaching, he also noticed something that worried him. When he asked his students if they were planning on going to college, his top student raised his hand said he didn't think he would be able to go to college; he was undocumented.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://fora.tv/2013/09/18/Facebook_Nation_Mr_Zuckerberg_Goes_to_Washington">"It blew my mind," Zuckerberg told the Atlantic</a>, "that student is going to be the entrepreneur of tomorrow. This is a big deal. Th<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">e more I looked into it...the more unfair it seemed." </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">So Zuckerberg talked to CEOs of other tech companies to get <keyword id="1635156" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="FWD-us">FWD.us</keyword> off the ground and found most of them cared about the same issues he did. </span></p>
<p>"B<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">efore FWD.US there hasn't been a single political organization that is funding both Democrats and Republicans [pushing for immigration reform]. It's a novel structure."</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You can watch <a href="http://fora.tv/2013/09/18/Facebook_Nation_Mr_Zuckerberg_Goes_to_Washington">Zuckerberg's full interview</a> below:</span></p>
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Mark Zuckerberg's Zeal For Immigration Reform Was Inspired By A Middle Schooler

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e3ad60b5bc79c452055e0e3-2400/86d5d12c7e310c7bda850fb109386769.jpg" alt="Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves after the Senate heard closing arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" /><p class="source"><span>Associated Press</span></p><p class="caption">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves after the Senate heard closing arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>On February 5, the Senate formally voted to acquit President Donald Trump of the two charges against him following a bitter impeachment trial.</li><li>The House of Representatives impeached Trump in December for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Both charges center around his efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election and his subsequent attempt to cover up his actions by stonewalling Congress' investigation of the matter.</li><li>The Senate's decision to acquit Trump fell largely along party lines. The vote to clear him of the abuse of power was 52-48. The vote to clear him of obstruction of Congress was 53-47.</li><li>Trump is the third president in US history to be impeached by the House but acquitted in a Senate trial.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>On February 5, the Senate formally voted to acquit President Donald Trump of two charges against him following a bitter impeachment trial.</p><p>The Senate's decision to acquit Trump fell almost entirely along party lines. The vote clearing him of both the abuse of power charge was 52-48. The vote to clear him of the abuse of power was 52-48. The vote to clear him of obstruction of Congress was 53-47.</p><p>Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah was the sole Republican to break with his party by voting to convict Trump for abuse of power.</p><p>Vulnerable Democratic Senators including Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama, Sen. Krysten Sinema of Arizona, and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia who were previously considered possible swing votes all voted to convict, with no Democrats moving to acquit.</p><p>This is the first time in US history that a member of the president's own party voted to convict and remove him from office. It's also the first time that the entire opposing party voted to convict the president.</p><h2>Who voted to convict Trump:</h2><ul><li>Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL)</li><li>Sen. Krysten Sinema (D-AZ)</li><li>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)</li><li>Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)</li><li>Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)</li><li>Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)</li><li>Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)</li><li>Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)</li><li>Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)</li><li>Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)</li><li>Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)</li><li>Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)</li><li>Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)</li><li>Sen. Angus King (I-ME)</li><li>Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)</li><li>Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) </li><li>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)</li><li>Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)</li><li>Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)</li><li>Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI)</li><li>Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)</li><li>Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)</li><li>Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)</li><li>Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)</li><li>Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)</li><li>Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)</li><li>Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)</li><li>Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) </li><li>Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)</li><li>Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)</li><li>Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)</li><li>Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)</li><li>Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)</li><li>Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)</li><li>Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)</li><li>Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)</li><li>Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)</li><li>Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)</li><li>Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)</li><li>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT)</li><li>Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)</li><li>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)</li><li>Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)</li><li>Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)</li><li>Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)</li><li>Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)</li><li>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)</li><li>Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)</li></ul><h2>Who voted to acquit Trump:</h2><ul><li>Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)</li><li>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)</li><li>Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK)</li><li>Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ)</li><li>Sen. John Boozman (R-AK)</li><li>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK)</li><li>Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO)</li><li>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)</li><li>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)</li><li>Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)</li><li>Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)</li><li>Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)</li><li>Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID)</li><li>Sen. Todd Young (R-IN)</li><li>Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN)</li><li>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)</li><li>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)</li><li>Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)</li><li>Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)</li><li>Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)</li><li>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)</li><li>Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)</li><li>Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)</li><li>Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)</li><li>Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)</li><li>Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)</li><li>Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)</li><li>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)</li><li>Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)</li><li>Sen. Deb Fischer (D-NE)</li><li>Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE)</li><li>Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)</li><li>Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)</li><li>Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)</li><li>Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND)</li><li>Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)</li><li>Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)</li><li>Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)</li><li>Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA)</li><li>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)</li><li>Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)</li><li>Sen. John Thune (R-SD)</li><li>Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)</li><li>Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)</li><li>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)</li><li>Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)</li><li>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)</li><li>Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)</li><li>Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)</li><li>Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)</li><li>Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)</li><li>Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) </li></ul><p>Trump is the third president in US history to be impeached by the House but acquitted in a Senate trial, following President Andrew Johnson in 1868 and President Bill Clinton in 1999. </p><p>Trump was impeached in December and charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Both articles of impeachment relate to his efforts to strong-arm Ukraine into interfering in the 2020 election while withholding $391 million in vital military aid and dangling a White House meeting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky desperately sought and still hasn't gotten.</p><p>At the center of the impeachment inquiry was a July 25 phone call during which Trump repeatedly pressured Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, over the latter's employment on the board of the Ukrainian natural-gas company Burisma Holdings.</p><p>Trump also asked Zelensky to help discredit the Russia probe by investigating a bogus conspiracy theory suggesting Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election to help Democrats and Hillary Clinton's campaign.</p><p>Documents and testimony from more than a dozen witnesses eventually revealed that the July phone conversation was just one data point in a months-long effort by Trump and his allies, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, to leverage the weight of the US government and foreign policy to force Ukraine into acceding to his political demands.</p><p>Wednesday's vote to acquit the president came after a heated trial in which the Republican-controlled Senate refused to subpoena documents or hear new witness testimony.</p><p>The move was unprecedented - the Senate called witnesses in <a href="https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2020/jan/21/tammy-baldwin/Trump-every-other-senate-impeachment-had-witnesses/">all 15 impeachment trials</a> in US history, including those of former Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.</p><p>Senate Republicans' decision to block witnesses was especially noteworthy given that John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, announced he was willing to testify and had firsthand knowledge of the president's pressure campaign in Ukraine.</p><p><strong>Read more:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/current-senators-who-were-at-clinton-impeachment-2020-1">28 senators who were in Congress for Clinton's impeachment, and how they voted then</a></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-will-convict-trump-impeachment-trial-2020-2">Sen. 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WHIP COUNT: Here are the senators who voted for and against convicting Trump in his impeachment trial

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/56051076dd08956b7c8b45d7-1507-1130/gettyimages-180967810.jpg" alt="mark zuckerberg annoyed speaking" data-mce-source="Win McNamee/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Newseum September 18, 2013 in Washington, DC. Zuckerberg participated in an interview with James Bennet, editor in chief of the Atlantic, on 'the knowledge economy', including Zuckerberg's involvement in the immigration debate." /><p class="source"><span>Win McNamee/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Newseum September 18, 2013 in Washington, DC. Zuckerberg participated in an interview with James Bennet, editor in chief of the Atlantic, on 'the knowledge economy', including Zuckerberg's involvement in the immigration debate.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Good morning! Here's the technology news you need to know to start off the week.</p><p><strong>1. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/facebook-explains-safety-check-guidelines-2015-11">Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained why the company enabled its "safety check" feature after the Paris attacks but not in Beirut.</a></strong> He said that the tool had only been used for natural disasters before, so the decision to activate it in Paris was a first.</p><p><strong>2. <a href="http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/tim-cook-apple-wont-create-converged-macbook-and-ipad-34201986.html">Apple CEO Tim Cook says he has no plans to converge the MacBook and iPad product lines.</a></strong> He said that "customers are not really looking for a converged Mac and iPad."</p><p><strong>3. <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d41a3ae-89f0-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896.html#axzz3rdf5ZDoO">Amazon is bringing its Launchpad platform for tech startups to sell goods on its platform to the UK.</a></strong> It's partnering with Andreessen Horowitz and Crowdcube to get startups on the platform.</p><p><strong>4. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/marc-andreessen-selling-facebook-stock-2015-11">VC Marc Andreessen has sold nearly 75% of his Facebook stock in two weeks.</a></strong> Andreessen was an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook's early days.</p><p><strong>5. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/publishers-do-not-like-apple-news-2015-11">Many publishers are reportedly underwhelmed with Apple News.</a></strong> Some publishers feel that traffic from the app simply isn't living up to expectations.</p><p><strong>6. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/yahoos-board-should-start-talking-about-firing-marissa-mayer-says-analyst-2015-11">SunTrust analyst Robert Peck says that Yahoo should consider firing CEO Marissa Mayer.</a></strong> He explained that the company's core business is in decline, there's a big potential for huge taxes on the Alibaba spinoff, and executives have been departing the company.</p><p><strong>7. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/ashton-kutcher-invests-in-moovit-israel-funding-revenues-2015-11">Mapping app Moovit told Business Insider that it took investment from Ashton Kutcher even though it didn't need to. </a></strong>Kutcher told Business Insider that he's looking for "hyper growth companies."</p><p><strong>8. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/own-a-vizio-smart-tv-its-watching-you-2015-11">Vizio smart TVs reportedly track what customers are watching by default.</a></strong> Customers can disable the tracking, but it's turned on by default.</p><p><strong>9. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/apple-will-shut-down-beats-music-on-november-30-2015-11">Apple will shut down Beats Music on November 30.</a></strong> It acquired the music streaming service as part of the Beats acquisition in May 2014.</p><p><strong>10. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/you-can-buy-apples-giant-new-ipad-pro-today-but-its-going-to-take-at-least-a-month-for-the-stylus-to-arrive-2015-11">The iPad Pro went on sale last week, but it could take over a month for the stylus and keyboard case to arrive.</a></strong> There's a long delay for the accessories.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/clever-ways-reuse-old-ipod-classic-keep-useful-external-hard-drive-2015-10">Clever ways to reuse your old iPod</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="Q0b21hcjr6AJhjO6y3LNHPJMRFnEyNpy" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'Q0b21hcjr6AJhjO6y3LNHPJMRFnEyNpy',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

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<p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5b5e090fe199f319008b4745-2000/ap18166500284538.jpg" border="0" alt="Trump white house press" data-mce-source="Evan Vucci/AP" data-link="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Trump/ef61a142f6a14f3b92ca9718240d65df/26/0" /><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Trump/ef61a142f6a14f3b92ca9718240d65df/26/0">Evan Vucci/AP</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><ul><li><strong>The New York Times put out a statement Sunday revealing the details of a previously off-the-record meeting the paper's publisher had with President Donald Trump.</strong></li><li><strong>The paper said in its statement that it was choosing to divulge those details after Trump tweeted about the meeting Sunday morning, thereby putting it on the record.</strong></li><li><strong>Trump said that he had a "good and interesting" meeting with Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger, adding that they spent time "talking about the vast amounts" of fake news "being put out by the media," and how that "Fake News has morphed into phrase, 'Enemy of the People.'"</strong></li><li><strong>In a statement issued Sunday, Sulzberger said the White House requested the meeting and that he accepted the invitation to warn the president about the danger of his "deeply troubling anti-press rhetoric."</strong></li></ul><hr /><p><span>The New York Times put out a statement Sunday that seemed to counter President Donald Trump's claim earlier in the day about a meeting with A.G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher.</span></p><p><span>Had a very good and interesting meeting at the White House with A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher of the New York Times," the president <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1023546197129224192" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> on Sunday morning. "Spent much time talking about the vast amounts of Fake News being put out by the media &amp; how that Fake News has morphed into phrase, 'Enemy of the People.' Sad!"</span></p><p><span>The term "fake news" did not morph into "enemy of the people." Trump himself used the phrase to describe the media last year, shortly after he took office, to express his displeasure with its coverage of him.</span></p><p><span>The Times <a href="https://www.nytco.com/statement-of-a-g-sulzberger-publisher-the-new-york-times-in-response-to-president-trumps-tweet-about-their-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> after Trump tweeted about the meeting on Sunday, saying the White House had requested the meeting, which took place on July 20, and asked that it be off the record.</span></p><p><span>But the paper said Trump's tweet Sunday morning put the meeting on the record, prompting Sulzberger to speak out about its content, based on "detailed notes" he and James Bennet, who oversees The Times' editorial page, took.</span></p><p><span>Sulzberger said the main reason he accepted Trump's invitation to meet was to "raise concerns about the president's deeply troubling anti-press rhetoric," which he characterized as "divisive" and "increasingly dangerous."</span><span></span></p><p><span>"I told him that although the phrase 'fake news' is untrue and harmful, I am far more concerned about his labeling journalists 'the enemy of the people,'" Sulzberger's statement said. "I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence."</span></p><p>Sulzberger also said that he emphasized during the meeting that he was not asking the president to soften his attacks on The Times if he felt the paper's coverage was unfair.</p><p>"Instead, I implored him to reconsider his broader attacks on journalism, which I believe are dangerous and harmful to our country," the statement concluded.</p><p>The Times is a frequent target for Trump, who often dubs the paper, "The Failing New York Times."</p><p><span>He indicated as much in a separate tweetstorm he blasted out after The Times released Sulzberger's statement, and he also spun Sulzberger's words to suggest that it was media outlets that were putting lives at risk.</span></p><p><span>"When the media - driven insane by their Trump Derangement Syndrome - reveals internal deliberations of our government, it truly puts the lives of many, not just journalists, at risk!" the president tweeted. "Very unpatriotic! Freedom of the press also comes with a responsibility to report the news ... accurately."</span></p><p><span>He added: "90% of media coverage of my Administration is negative, despite the tremendously positive results we are achieving, it's no surprise that confidence in the media is at an all time low! I will not allow our great country to be sold out by anti-Trump haters in the ... dying newspaper industry."</span></p><p><span>"No matter how much they try to distract and cover it up, our country is making great progress under my leadership and I will never stop fighting for the American people!" he continued. "As an example, the failing New York Times ... and the Amazon Washington Post do nothing but write bad stories even on very positive achievements - and they will never change!"</span></p><p><span>Earlier in the week, the White House drew sharp scrutiny when it banned CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from a Rose Garden press event after she asked Trump tough questions about Michael Cohen and his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin.</span></p><p><span>Trump and his allies frequently insult reporters, like CNN's Jim Acosta, and the daily press briefings often feature contentious back-and-forths between reporters and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who has also been known to take individual jabs at journalists.</span><span></span></p><p><span>As Sulzberger noted, it's not uncommon for the White House and the press to have a tense relationship. But observers have pointed out that the relationship between the Trump White House and the media appears to be at a particularly low point, due in large part to Trump's tendency to deem any coverage he doesn't like as "fake" and "dishonest."</span></p><p><span>Sulzberger took over as publisher from his father Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. in January, more than a year after Trump <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/donald-trump-visit.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met with Times</a> editors and reporters for a wide-ranging interview after his 2016 election victory.</span></p><p><span>Though Trump has taken to calling it the "failing New York Times," The Times has reported consistently rising subscriptions and readership since Trump took office.</span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-first-business-and-economy-class-looks-like-double-decker-plane-airbus-a380-hi-fly-2018-7">This is what first, business, and economy class looks like on a double-decker Airbus A380</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/4aPUZpV5-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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