Rebel Wilson, Bevan Shields and the art of the Twitter (non) apology
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While attempting to handle the backlash against his paper's outing of Wilson, Sydney Morning Herald editor Bevan Shields' 'apology' copped a backlash all its own.

Pride month off to a ripping start

  • FirstToServe [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Feel like we need a pride month scoreboard for all of these. Thinking especially of how we kicked the month off with a Nancy Reagan stamp being announced by the most progressive president in history.

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        also not having the first name Bevan makes all of us automatically cooler than that dork (unless you're called Bevan, in which case fuck i'm so sorry)

        • Madcat [any]
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          2 years ago

          apologise to the founder of the nhs now :angery:

          • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            omg i didn't know bernie's second name was bevan :soviet-bottom:

            • Socialcreditscorr [they/them,she/her]
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              2 years ago

              Thats because its Corbyn's. As a radical-post-modern-neo-marxist the reviled anti-semite Corbyn forced the evil communist "healthcare" agenda of the elites on the good working people of England! :british-maw:

              • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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                2 years ago

                see, this is why Juan Guaido should be king of england, he'd stop things like that from happening. he's got a very good track record at not losing to communists, you should hire that guy.

  • Shoegazer [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Remember when Gawker outed Peter Thiel and leaked Hulk Hogan’s sex tape for... reasons, and got sued to hell for it lol

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    imagine outing someone in common era 2022. i guess people are still as shitty as they've always been but i figured this was more of a 90s/00s thing, when outing someone could often ruin their career or get them cancelled by wider society.

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Outing the rich and famous is the only thing capable of sinking a tabloid. You'd think they would have revised their policies after Thiel bankrolled the end of Gawker.

  • Jadzia_Dax [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Here’s the editor’s twitter, go bully him: https://twitter.com/bevanshields/status/1535883884847570946

    Andrew Hornery is the tabloid muckraker Bevan employs who tried to blackmail Rebel Wilson and out her:

    • insta: https://instagram.com/andrewhornery
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-hornery-15640733
    • potentially fake twitter account: https://twitter.com/andrewhornery