"At peak IJR, it was an exciting place to work. "It was a startup atmosphere," one former employee told Business Insider. The website is a property of a conservative group which owns IMGE, a Republican consulting firm. What was supposed to be a celebratory week following IJR reporter Erin McPike's trip to Asia, the media outlet has instead had to reckon with past editorial decisions, including the determination that it would be a waste of McPike's time to provide up-to-date pool reports. In conversations with more than a dozen current and former employees, Business Insider reported that IJR is in a state of crisis. As a result, IJR suspended the author of the piece, Kyle Becker, as well as his supervisor, content editor Becca Lower and Chief Content Officer Benny Johnson - who was fired from BuzzFeed after it was revealed he plagiarized at least 41 articles. IJR retracted the piece, which embraced a conspiracy theory that claims Obama traveled to Hawaii to compel a judge to rule against President Donald Trump's travel ban. Instead, scandals rocking the Independent Journal Review internally have made more compelling news headlines than what was reported in Asia.īusiness Insider's Oliver Darcy reported Tuesday that three reporters involved in a recent story about former President Barack Obama have been suspended by the publication. After nabbing an exclusive invite to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's Asia tour, the media outlet that sent the lone reporter is not celebrating its fortunate scoop.
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