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For whatever it’s worth, the “first link below” story contains this quote from the author of the first story “ This is really, really bad. It means, of course,
by weeblewobble 3y ago
For whatever it’s worth, the “first link below” story contains this quote from the author of the first story
“ This is really, really bad. It means, of course, that when I dismissed Richard Bradley and Robby Soave's doubts about the story and called them "idiots" for picking apart Jackie's account, I was dead fucking wrong, and for that I sincerely apologize.”
- kergonath 3y agoIndeed. Without as much as a hint of questioning why they felt completely normal to write the previous article with such stupid headline and content. If it were a company, we’d say it was a non-apology apology and that it shows they don’t want to admit the problem.
- tqi 3y agoI think it's telling that the author's remorse was for being mean to a fellow opinion writer, as opposed to fomenting a culture of guilty until proven innocent