Fallout over offensive Buttigieg article: Magazine's owner apologizes but a sponsor cuts ties

[babylonsister]

Props to the LCV! Perfect response to that hate-filled article; I read part of it, and it sure didn't seem like satire to me.

Fallout over offensive Buttigieg article: Magazine's owner apologizes but a sponsor cuts ties
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business
Updated 9:43 AM ET, Sun July 14, 2019


New York (CNN Business)The League of Conservation Voters is cutting ties with an upcoming forum on climate change after the co-host for the event, The New Republic, published an "offensive" article about Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.

Gene Karpinski, LCV's president, said in a statement Saturday that the piece about Buttigieg and The New Republic's decision to run it "are inconsistent with our values."

LCV, a high-profile environmental group that has spent years lobbying for tougher action on climate change, had signed on to co-host a 240-minute discussion about the issue for the current presidential candidates at a forum in September.

"LCV is withdrawing our participation in the presidential primary candidate climate forum previously announced in New York City on September 23," statement says. "We will remain focused on the important work of elevating the climate crisis in this election and encouraging all the candidates to be prioritizing solutions."

Media site Gizmodo, a co-host of the event, said the New Republic has also pulled out as a host.
The New Republic published a piece on Friday titled "My Mayor Pete Problem" that was quickly criticized on social media as "homophobic" and derogatory. It was written by Dale Peck, an author and literary critic with a history of controversy. He, like Buttigieg, is gay.

Peck referred to Buttigieg as "Mary Pete" throughout the column and suggested he didn't want Buttigieg in the White House because he would be sexually promiscuous.

Editor Chris Lehmann told CNN Business on Friday that "The New Republic recognizes that this post crossed a line, and while it was largely intended as satire, it was inappropriate and invasive." The post was later taken down.

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/13/media/tnr-pete-buttigieg-op-ed-league-of-conservation/index.html

[femmedem]

1. As disgusting as that piece was, having a climate forum is so important

that I wish the LCV hadn't decided to withdraw their support.

[babylonsister]

2. Perhaps since TNR pulled out they'll reconsider. But

it's refreshing to see a group as a whole actually have values.

[femmedem]

3. Yes, TNR withdrawing as cohost should make that possible.

And if that's the outcome, it's the best of all worlds.
I don't expect TNR's reputation to recover. That was unforgivable.