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New York Post Lands Exclusive ‘Prolonged, Guttural’ Jill Abramson Grunt

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Executive Editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson attends the WIRED Business Conference: Think Bigger at Museum of Jewish Heritage on May 7, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for WIRED)
Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images

Matching NPR’s big interview with New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet, the famously shameless Post cornered his fired predecessor at a party and prodded her with hard-hitting journalism until she “threw back her head in frustration” and made a “prolonged, guttural” sound. “Argh-ughhh-grrr,” said Jill Abramson. Argh-ughhh-grrr. That is a direct quote. It’s also a worldview.

Jill Abramson to NY Post: ‘Argh-ughhh-grrr’