How a Twitter Mob Got Ian Buruma Fired
September 28, 2018 · Magazine, Politics, culture
Ian Buruma hoped to stimulate discussion about #MeToo.
James Campbell is a writer and literary journalist who contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2018. His pieces for the magazine addressed media culture and intellectual seriousness, including coverage of the controversy surrounding editor Ian Buruma's departure from the New York Review of Books.
Ian Buruma hoped to stimulate discussion about #MeToo.
Lionel Shriver does not want to write books in which people only say the right thing. She is pushing back against prudence.