New Yorker Fires Jeffrey Toobin After He Masturbated on a Zoom Call

November 11, 2020, 10:09pm

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Longtime New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin was fired today, following an October VICE News report about his having masturbated on a video call between staff from the New Yorker and WNYC.

The news initially broke via a memo sent to staff at Condé Nast, whic