Page Six in the NY Post is under fire from some readers and competitors for what appears to be a note about raping a woman who criticized the gossip roundup.
Not known for its subtlety or responsibility, the page seems to have gone a step further than it has before.
What do you think of the reference? Would you have read it as a rape threat? Does the page have a different responsibility (to its subjects and its audience) than straight news pages would? Do scandals like this actually help it by beefing up notoriety (i.e., "there's no such thing as bad publicity")?
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Gossip Gone Too Far?
Posted by Katy Culver at 9:41 AM
Labels: ABC, gossip, ny post, sensitivity
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I don't know how I would have read that line had it not been put in perspective as a possible threat.
That everyone took it as a threat implies the columnist should do a public apology or at least explain his behavior.
Page 6 has a responsibility to be respectful and somewhat credible, yet not on the same level as a news page. People go to the page for gossip, nothing more.
While responsibility and respectfulness are slightly less, accountability is the same. This columnist and any other columnist should be held just as responsible as the news reporter.
Oh, wow.
Even if this weren't read as a rape threat (which I read it as), saying the writer had "a moustache" isn't quite professional either. I know the page six of the Post isn't exactly professional, but really, wow.
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