![]() Baum told Bloggasm’s Simon Owens that he decided to tweet about being fired because he is often asked why he left the New Yorker when he is out promoting his book, “Nine Lives.” Baum also said that he decided to come forward now because although he hoped to get his New Yorker job back, it is clear that the “bridge is down, burned, collapsed and washed away.” ![]() It didn’t take long for Baum’s Twitter account to be linked, re-tweeted, referenced and blogged about. And over the next few days, I’ll tell that story here, in 140. Nobody leaves a New Yorker job voluntarily. Isn’t that the best job in journalism? Yes. People often ask why I left the New Yorker. ![]() ![]() The former New Yorker staff writer’s decision to use Twitter to chronicle his unwilling exit from the magazine in 2007 has generated quite a bit of buzz and attracted a few hundred followers to his account. All in all, last Friday was probably a good day for Dan Baum. ![]()
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