MEDIA/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The New Yorker rescinded its invitation to Steve Bannon to headline its annual festival after a swift backlash from big-name participants who said they would not attend if Bannon remained on the schedule. There was also fierce resistance from within the ranks of the magazine. Numerous staffers felt that having Bannon on stage would be inappropriate. Bannon responded to the uproar by criticizing the magazine and the ‘howling online job.’ The about-face happened in the span of a few hours on Monday [9-3-18]. But the booking had been in the works for months. The magazine’s top editor, David Remnick, had been seeking an interview with Bannon. Eventually he was invited to appear on stage at the festival in early October. He accepted, and The New York Times revealed Bannon’s appearance in an article on Monday morning. Some New Yorker staffers objected. And so did an assortment of voices on social media. Some of them asserted that The New Yorker, both in location and orientation, stands in opposition to many of Bannon’s agenda items. They urged Remnick and the magazine to reconsider.”
–Jackie Wattles and Brian Stelter, “The New Yorker uninvites Steve Bannon from its festival after backlash,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 4, 2018 1:03 am