Gazette journo slammed for personal remarks
It’s a story today that the Gazette’s Anne Sutherland made disparaging remarks on Twitter Thursday night in response to images of the stripped-down student protesters, people pointing out it wasn’t a beauty contest and her snark was out of line. OpenFile just noted that the Gazette has posted a policy file governing how its writers should behave on social media.
HL 16:56 on 2012/05/04 Permalink
Disparaging remarks?
You have got to be kidding?
But of course not. To be kidding, one must have a sense of humour; something sorely lacking among students throwing these temper tantrums.
Heads up to the idiots insulted by Sutherland’s very entertaining tweets: if you don’t want people to comment on your grotesque physique, KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON.
Kate 18:16 on 2012/05/04 Permalink
She made disparaging remarks. Whether you think she ought to have done this while working for a major media outlet is your lookout, but there’s no denying the evidence that she did.
Julia 12:04 on 2012/05/05 Permalink
seems like she apologized on twitter and then deactivated her twitter account — http://twitter.com/sutherlandanne
Kate 16:19 on 2012/05/05 Permalink
That’s a bit extreme. I don’t know what her employers demanded, but a working journalist needs a Twitter account. All she had to do was acknowledge she’d been silly. There wasn’t even anyone she had to personally apologize to.