They’ve edited the headline. When I saw it 30 minutes ago it said “joke country” in the headline. It was quite offensive, and all on the editor, so good choice to remove it. He didn’t actually call it that.
Anyway, his explanation is still that it’s just a joke.
Though Long said he could understand why the comments would have set off a reaction, he was adamant they were a joke and should not be taken seriously.
Maybe I’m polishing my own halo, but I think it’s very telling of how old fashioned these people are. Everyone in that kind of position ought to know better than to make jokes by now.
Where have these people been for past twenty years? It’s just not acceptable. I don’t mind a good offensive joke, but there’s a time and place for that, and that place is far far away from any media and never to be done in a position of power.
Yeah, it’s all amateur hour in Washington now. Perhaps it’s not a terrible thing that the ambassador for what we now have to consider a hostile country is too dumb to keep his mouth shut.
They’ve edited the headline. When I saw it 30 minutes ago it said “joke country” in the headline. It was quite offensive, and all on the editor, so good choice to remove it. He didn’t actually call it that.
Anyway, his explanation is still that it’s just a joke.
Maybe I’m polishing my own halo, but I think it’s very telling of how old fashioned these people are. Everyone in that kind of position ought to know better than to make jokes by now. Where have these people been for past twenty years? It’s just not acceptable. I don’t mind a good offensive joke, but there’s a time and place for that, and that place is far far away from any media and never to be done in a position of power.
Yeah, it’s all amateur hour in Washington now. Perhaps it’s not a terrible thing that the ambassador for what we now have to consider a hostile country is too dumb to keep his mouth shut.
I’m more disappointed in The Guardian TBH.