Gawker Blogger Fired For Using N-Word In Kanye West Story

Bloggers--sure, myself included--had a bit of fun with Kanye West’s Wednesday night Twitter spree, but one writer at Gawker was fired for his coverage of the posts, after using a racial term that readers found to be inappropriate. Blogger Seth Abramovitch used the n-word in his report while (incorrectly) trying to explain what Kanye’s new company DONDA meant. The offending line---“And what is DONDA? It’s an acronym for Dis Original N---a Dresses Aight"—was originally published without the censored word. Read more...