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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSt. Louis Post-Dispatch dumps George Will over rape column.
Here's hoping it's the first of many:
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/06/18/3450722/st-louis-post-dispatch-drops-george-will-rape-victims/
They also apologized for publishing it. Good on them.
elleng
(131,292 posts)sheshe2
(84,005 posts)catrose
(5,077 posts)Maybe I'll subscribe.
Paladin
(28,281 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)"The change has been under consideration for several months, but a column published June 5, in which Mr. Will suggested that sexual assault victims on college campuses enjoy a privileged status, made the decision easier. The column was offensive and inaccurate; we apologize for publishing it."
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,776 posts)lumpy
(13,704 posts)by printing such trash.
littlemissmartypants
(22,852 posts)Solly Mack
(90,798 posts)world wide wally
(21,758 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)I mean next to Rush Limbaugh, George Will seems slightly smarter. Plus he wears a bow tie.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,506 posts)Thanks for the thread, GoCubsGo.
delrem
(9,688 posts)As if someone with the resume of Michael Gerson had more "credibility".
Just sayin' .....
Cha
(297,935 posts)geretogo
(1,281 posts)Stuart G
(38,454 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,100 posts)They must have assumed someone of Will's stature wouldn't say shit like that, and they just automatically sent the piece to press. That's my guess, anyway.