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A former New York Times editor fired over a tweet claiming Joe Biden's inauguration was giving her 'chills' has defended her behavior in an op-ed entitled: 'I'm a Biased Journalist and I'm Okay With That.'
Lauren Wolfe defended the comments that lost her her job at the New York Times in a piece published in the Washington Monthly on Friday, and insisted it is fine for reporters' to insert their personal views into some news stories.
'Being fair and having point of view aren't incompatible,' she wrote in an op-ed originally published on her Substack. 'Reporters at the New York Times and elsewhere shouldn't have to disguise or suppress their views'
Lauren Wolfe (pictured) penned an op-ed published in the Washington Monthly on Friday where she defended her comments that lost her her job at the New York Times
Wolfe lost her gig with the Times in January after tweeting: 'Biden landing at Joint Base Andrews now. I have chills,' on the day before the inauguration
Wolfe lost her gig with the Times in January after tweeting: 'Biden landing at Joint Base Andrews now. I have chills,' on the day before the inauguration.
Wolfe also tweeted that Trump was 'mortifying' and 'childish' for having refused to send Biden a military place to bring him to D.C. She later deleted that tweet after acknowledging Biden had made the choice not to take a military plane.
'Ever since I was fired from The New York Times at the end of January, no matter what I publish or say
