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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
(130,937 posts)sheshe2
(83,784 posts)catrose
(5,068 posts)Maybe I'll subscribe.
Paladin
(28,262 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
(46,720 posts)lumpy
(13,704 posts)by printing such trash.
littlemissmartypants
(22,684 posts)Solly Mack
(90,769 posts)world wide wally
(21,744 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
(58,364 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
(297,272 posts)geretogo
(1,281 posts)Stuart G
(38,428 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)fizzgig
(24,146 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,084 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.