Vox Media Suspends Eater Editor for Y.D.L. Punk Past
A temporary suspension, effective immediately.
What’s the statute of limitations on dumb, early-life decisions? That’s a question some people are asking after Gawker’s J.K. Trotter revealed that Vox Media has temporarily suspended an eater.com editor:
Eater.com placed an editor named Nick Solares on leave for at least one week, effective immediately, after he apologized for participating in New York City’s skinhead punk rock scene in the 1980s, according to several sources with knowledge of the decision.
The suspension came a week after former associates of Solares began sending reporters (including several at Gawker) links and photos documenting his past life as a skinhead.
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