Amber Randall, DCNF
The New York Times changed a headline about a female journalist multiple times over the weekend after Twitter users deemed it sexist.
The NYT wrote a profile on NBC News correspondent Katy Tur’s career rise and her occasional negative interactions with President Donald Trump. Originally headlined “Katy Tur Is Tougher Than She Looks,” NYT was forced to change it Saturday after people accused the outlet of sexism.
Katy is "tougher than she looks?!?" Sick. Would they ever say that about a man? Watch her reporting? She was in every city during campaign.
— Tamara Holder (@tamaraholder) June 10, 2017
Dear @KatyTurNBC, enjoyed the profile. Headline made me realize why we need more women in the room. You look plenty damn tough to me.
— Shawna Thomas (@Shawna) June 10, 2017
“Katy Tur’s Swift and Surprising Rise,” the new NYT headline read.
People were still unhappy with the change in the headline, saying that Tur’s rise at NBC News wasn’t actually surprising.
NYT headline on this @KatyTurNBC went from troubling to sexist. Katy has worked her ass off, her rise isn't surprising, it's well deserved pic.twitter.com/Mv7BUMiHqW
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 10, 2017
"Surprising?" What's surprising about it, NYT? @KatyTurNBC is smart, insightful, and, yes, tough. Her rise deserved, not surprising. https://t.co/FMYSEK9MAW
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) June 10, 2017
“This is a shitty retrogressive headline. The comedy equivalent of this is to say a woman is “funny like a guy” and it sucks. Change it,” one Twitter user said.
Literally nothing is less surprising than the rise of Katy Tur.
— (((Rachel Sklar))) ❄️ (@rachelsklar) June 10, 2017
The New York Times eventually changed the headline again Sunday, this time to “‘You Can’t Rattle Her’:Katy Tur On The Rise.”
The NYT recently got rid of its public editor position, saying the job was no longer necessary to keep the paper accountable. Instead, the paper would rely on social media criticisms and have editors and reporters directly respond to editorial complaints.
“We welcomed that criticism, even when it stung. But today, our followers on social media and our readers across the internet have come together to collectively serve as a modern watchdog, more vigilant and forceful than one person could ever be,” the NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said. Our responsibility is to empower all of those watchdogs, and to listen to them, rather than to channel their voice through a single office.”
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