Hi,
I found this article on the NY Times website. A Sports writer named Mark Whicker who wrote a column on Jaycee Dugard, a California woman who was kidnapped at the age 11, had two children with her abductor,and recently escaped at the age of 29, 18 years later, made many bloggers and readers thought that it was "absolutely sickening".
He researched sports highlights of the last 18 years and said that he thinks that it's sad that she couldn't partake in them. I believe that she had more important things to be worrying about than missing out on sport events. I mean, Jaycee was living in a dirty tent in the abductor's backyard and had to try and find a way to escape that horrible place.
Yes, I think that it's good that Whicker apologised the next day to his readers but still believe that it was wrong of him to even consider writing such a column. Even his editor should have not gave the OK to publish his column.
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Wow... The only reason I can think of for something like that would be to add a current event into his writing, but he couldn't tell that would be in poor taste?
ReplyDeleteWhether or not Whicker apologized or not his comments were ridiculous and uncalled for. You are absolutely correct that the editor should not have given an okay on approving the article. If anything it is very sad that Mr. Whicker would even think about saying such words as he did.
ReplyDeleteI found it shocking that the article ever made it in print. Not only did the writer think it was ok to write the story in the first place, but that the editor did actually ok it. I was very surprised by that article.
ReplyDeleteThis is crazy, I myself never heard about this story, but he must be sick like the abductor to write that she missed out on sports? That is the most irrelevant thing when this woman is trapped and being sexually and mentally abused.
ReplyDeleteThis is in horrible taste that it would even be published, and I really hope that they are paying for there mistake in publishing it. Apologizing just isn't enough when it comes to an issue as serious as this.