Feb. 25, 2013
Dear Readers,
On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the tweet that was circulated last night during the Oscars. It was crude and offensive—not to mention inconsistent with The Onion’s commitment to parody and satire, however biting.
No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.
The tweet was taken down within an hour of publication. We have instituted new and tighter Twitter procedures to ensure that this kind of mistake does not occur again.
In addition, we are taking immediate steps to discipline those individuals responsible.
Miss Wallis, you are young and talented and deserve better. All of us at The Onion are deeply sorry.
Sincerely,
Steve Hannah
CEO
The Onion
so confused!
There is a reason that 8 days after the tweet, only one negative poster has even bothered to pay us a visit, and that is because the vast majority of people who have visited the site have placed the tweet in context, and have concluded that with regard to the charge that it is a sexist and/or racist website. " there is no 'there' there." In fact, most people who have visited the site have decided to "like" it. The "Movement" to punish the Onion is d.e.a.d., annd part of the reason, a -big- parrt, I believe, is that the issue was transformed, -no, HIJACKED-, from being one about sexism into one being about racism. People saw the screams of "RACISM!!!." decided that there was none at all, and gave the Onion the benefit of their doubt.
So, those who argue that the Onion issued a racist-themed tweet and are upset about the Onion emerging from the controversy stronger than before have nobody to blame but themselves.
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