Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ousts Jann Wenner from board after controversial interview
LA TimesJann Wenner has been removed from the board of directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, the organization said in a statement to The Times on Saturday. But it comes on the heels of a controversial interview, published Friday in the New York Times, to promote Wenner’s forthcoming book, “The Masters,” a collection of interviews with leading rock musicians of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s that includes only white men, such as Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Bono and Bruce Springsteen. The people had to meet a couple criteria, but it was just kind of my personal interest and love of them.” When Marchese suggested that women like Madonna and Joni Mitchell might have had something interesting to say, Wenner claimed that “none of them were as articulate enough on this intellectual level.” “It’s not that they’re not creative geniuses. I mean, they just didn’t articulate at that level.” The interview went viral on Friday, prompting widespread criticism of Wenner and portraying him as embodying stereotypes about baby boomer self-absorption and entitlement.
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