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Atlantic magazine fires conservative writer Kevin Williamson two weeks after hiring him

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Atlantic magazine fires conservative writer Kevin Williamson two weeks after hiring him

The Atlantic magazine fired well-known conservative writer Kevin Williamson just two weeks after hiring him, apparently over his views related to abortion and the death penalty.

In a company-wide memo on Thursday, Atlantic Editor Jeffrey Goldberg said “information came to our attention” the previous day “that has caused us to reconsider this relationship” with Williamson.

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