Author and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has been fired by The New Yorker, where he had written for nearly 3 decades, over his error during a Zoom call.
Toobin took to his Twitter handle to rant.
I was fired today by @NewYorker after 27 years as a Staff Writer. I will always love the magazine, will miss my colleagues, and will look forward to reading their work.
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) November 11, 2020
But according to reports, last month,Toobin, who also works with CNN, exposed himself on a Zoom call with New Yorker staffers as well as folks from WNYC radio.
He was masturbating during the official call and later said he thought he was muted and his camera was off. He called the incident “embarrassingly stupid.”
He has now been fired. An internal memo from Conde Nast chief Stan Duncan was sent to staffers this week, letting them know that as a result of their investigation, Toobin was no longer affiliated with the company.
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