"The Young Turks Sued for Racial Discrimination by Ex-Employee", 18 Jul 2018

The Young Turks, the progressive news and media company, has been sued by a former employee who alleged he was subjected to discriminatory treatment — and ultimately fired — because he is black.  Andrew Jones...alleged that he was held to a different standard than white colleagues.  Jones claimed he was fired after he refused to sign a severance agreement under which he would agree to not sue TYT Network for racial discrimination...Reps for TYT Network did not respond to a request for comment.  Jones had previously filed a complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights...According to his lawsuit, Jones complained to TYT Network CEO Cenk Uygur about his perceived mistreatment by a manager...Uygur responded to Jones’ complaint in January, saying the comments Jones attributed to him were completely false...During his employment at TYT, Jones alleged in his lawsuit, managing editor Jonathan Larsen treated him unfairly in multiple ways compared with white coworkers, including denying Jones a travel budget, requiring different and shorter deadlines, demanding higher and “ever-shifting” standards for articles...