Makila James, the US Ambassador to Swaziland, has
publicly backed readers who complained about an article in the Times Sunday that said battered women
were ‘bitches’ and ‘most’ women who were beaten up by men brought it upon
themselves.
James said, ‘While the author has a right to express his
opinion, the Times Sunday also has a
responsibility to decide whether or not to provide a platform to ill-informed
and discriminatory views that justify the criminal actions of perpetrators.
She went on, ‘I would like to applaud those who wrote
letters, signed petitions and spoke out against the content of the column and
the decision to run it.’
In a letter published in the print edition of the Times Sunday (16 December 2012), but not
on its website, James said, ‘Speaking out against intolerance and injustice is
the first step towards creating a better society and a better world.’
The Times editors
have refused requests from readers to apologise for publishing the article and
the newspaper’s Ombudsman said it was ‘justified’ in printing it.
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‘TIMES’ OMBUDSMAN REJECTS COMPLAINTS
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