AFP, New York :
An annual festival organized by the prestigious New Yorker magazine has disinvited a headlining guest, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, after numerous panelists announced they would drop out if he remained.
The magazine’s editor-in-chief David Remnick, who would have interviewed the architect of President Donald Trump’s nationalist-populist campaign, announced the reversal on Twitter on Monday just hours after the lineup was made public and sparked a major backlash.
“I don’t want well-meaning readers and staff members to think that I’ve ignored their concerns,” wrote Remnick. “I’ve thought this through and talked to colleagues – and I’ve re-considered. I’ve changed my mind.”
