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FAFO: Journalism Edition

Hitler. He was a hero to some, but he never meant ship to me.

Or.

Never go Full Hitler.
 
The guy has an impressive portfolio of international reporting, focusing especially on Asia, so I can see why The Times took him on. His bio says he's the son of immigrants; Volodzko is likely a Ukrainian surname. The Ukrainians suffered mightily under Stalinism/Leninism, and many viewed the Nazis as liberators in WWII.

I can't find the column online, but one of the Twitter posts indicates he went into some detail on the history of his family. That might have lent some interesting insight to his position. That the ensuing debate on Twitter would quickly go off the rails was inevitable. Mud wrestling is not his forte.

Judging from his work history, Volodzko will probably be OK despite this fiasco.
 
I have no inside information from the Times, but from the overall picture it seems like he got fired because he tried to debate people on Twitter.
 

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