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- The New Yorker announced that Steve Bannon, who embraces the label of "racist," would headline its 19th annual The New Yorker Festival.
- New Yorker staff members, journalists, and prominent celebrities quickly attacked the decision on Twitter.
- Within hours, several top celebrities had announced they would not attend the festival.
- The New Yorker reversed course by 5 p.m., saying it would look for another format.
- Despite being deeply hated by media figures, Bannon has enjoyed significant political success, and arguably dismantled a top-tier event celebrating intellectualism in media with just the mention of his name.
The New Yorker's choice to have former chief White House strategist Steve Bannon, widely viewed as a far-right racist and nationalist, headline its festival brought on a Twitter firestorm that saw big names pull out in droves and the vaunted magazine swiftly reverse course.
Early on Labor Day Monday the New York Times reported that Bannon would headline its 19th annual The New Yorker Festival.
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