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A female New York Times journalist was spat on after being 'recognized in public' by an assailant who was upset about her coverage of transgender issues.
The alleged incident came last month as the outlet grappled with woke criticism from its own journalists and Hollywood A-listers for what they raged was 'irresponsible' reporting on trans issues.
The spitting episode was revealed by the paper's publisher AG Sulzberger, who defended the outlet's journalism during its annual State of the Times event.
Sulzberger said: 'We even had a colleague involved in this coverage confronted in her neighborhood last weekend and spat on.'
He didn't name the journalist who was targeted, but did single out reporter Emily Bazelon for particular praise of her coverage of transgender issues. Sulzberger later named multiple other journalists who've also covered the thorny topic.
New York Times publisher AG Sulzberger, pictured, revealed that a staffer was spat on as the paper grapples with a transgender reporting row
Washington Post columnist Erik Wemple, pictured, cited a Times spokesman as he said Sulzberger touched upon 'types of harassment that our journalists have faced'
The New York Times has been rocked in recent months as it struggles to tamp down criticisms from its own writers over transgender issues
A Times spokesperson said that the incident took place on February 19.
They claimed that 'the person said something about "attempts to eliminate trans people" and then spat on the employee'.
Sulzberger, who was keynote speaker at the annual event to celebrate the outlet's work over the past year, justified the newspaper's transgender coverage, which has caught the ire of trans activists and woke Hollywood elites.
He chose to praise Bazelon in his remarks as he touched upon the controversial issue, as she came under fire for authoring a 2022 feature that delved into divisions in the medical field over gender transition surgeries for minors.
Bazelon was criticized for publishing an 'anti-trans agenda', however the publisher said her article 'empathetically examined the debate within the medical community over treatment for trans adolescents.'
'I want to linger for a moment on Emily, one of the best magazine writers alive and someone who received a great deal of unfair criticism for the piece I just mentioned,' Sulzberger added.
He also noted several other Times
