The Worst Story Intro You Will Ever Read
The lede ran in a Toronto Star column Friday about a sexual assault victim testifying against a doctor who she said violated her while she was sedated.
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bobbyjeans a month ago@Bang: *This, *what is, *American, *education., *Vegetables., *Retard.
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jeffc36 3 months agoDidn’t help that following all the criticism, Editor Kathy English became Rosie’s apologist; i.e., on behalf of the Toronto Star, reinforced bad decision-making and poor taste. So now we can expect more of the same. There are a lot of weays to bring the graphic nature of a crime to light - this was not one of them. Instead, it was poor judgement where a quasi-clever play on words added nothing to the story except scorn for the writer and her editors.
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michelleh29 3 months agoI wrote the Star and got this reponse: Thank you for expressing your view of Rosie DiManno’s Jan. 18 column.
While I understand why you find the opening sentence of the column to be insensitive and demeaning to the woman who testified, I have corresponded with DiManno and I am assured there was no intention here to demean the woman or her testimony or make light of the circumstances. Rather, after sitting through all of the sordid, ugly evidence presented in court, she deliberately sought to reflect the grotesque nature of the alleged crime. Rosie DiManno is one of the Star’s best and most prolific writers. DiManno covers many trials with difficult graphic evidence. While I personally concur with those readers critical of this column’s opening sentence, I think DiManno’s writing overall shows sensitivity and empathy for victims of horrific crimes. As managing editor Jane Davenport told me: “She is more likely than many columnists to walk close to the line in terms of detailing the nature of the crimes, but I think walking this line - balancing their dignity against the imperative ‘not to look away” - is something she most often does with skill and care. “ The Star’s policy and journalistic standards manual states that “Columnists and Op-Ed writers have wide latitude to express their own views in the Star, including views directly contrary to the Star’s editorial views, as long as they fall within the boundaries of good taste and the laws of libel.” “Taste” is always a subjective matter and questions of taste in columns and other content are often flagged to the managing editor by columnists themselves or other editors. That did not happen in this case. Had that occurred, I expect the managing editor would have urged DiManno to revise the opening to the column, which otherwise accurately reflects the direct testimony of the victim. Thank you again for writing. -
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JohanPar 3 months agoI presume there’s a degree of disbelief in how ridiculously the journalist decided to express herself. At least I tend to widen my eyes, raise my eyebrows and give an exasperated chuckle whenever something so completely indefensible is thrown out into the world. Not laughing at the circumstances or the story, but either reacting to the uncannily terrible journalism in and of itself, or the insensitivity contained therein. I’m quite sure no one is actually spraying coffee out of their nose from hysterical fits of laughter over the content of the story itself. That being said, I’m sure as shit not going to tag this with a ‘LOL’. If anything, it deserves a ‘EW’, for both academic integrity and atrocious handling of a sensitive subject.
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Cinnamon Broom 4 months agoWhat the hell kind of bullshit leader is that?! This is not a subject for misguided attempts at wit!! How about, “Anesthesiologist accused of sexual assault on 20 sedated patients.”
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BuzzfeedThePoor 4 months ago
Bwahahahaha!!! This made me laugh so goddamn hard! Oh, wow…what a dumbass.
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katherinerh 4 months agoHow did the reporter pass a journalism class and not know this was distasteful & insensitive to the victims?
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willb10 4 months ago@Bang: Not that it was intended to be serious, but since you are such a pretentious idiot, I’ll tell you how this does work. “WTF” is the variable in this equation. 10,000,000 is a factual number. The equation would be stated as:
“WTF x 10000000 = 10000000WTF.” So it actually is a valid equation. Next time, keep your mouth shut instead of being rude. -
littleBIGstormy 4 months agoI love it when someone who doesn’t understand how to spell simple words or use punctuation wants to complain about American education.
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