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St. John's Telegram Blasts Sexist 'Trolls' After Feminist Backlash

The Canadian Press, 26 Aug, 2016 01:18 PM
     
    ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The St. John's Telegram — which calls itself the People's Paper — used its front page today to blast what it calls "a huge lack of respect" for female journalists and women in general.
     
    Managing Editor Steve Bartlett used the headline "This is not OK!" for his response to an uproar over the last several days.
     
    He says he was enraged by online attacks aimed at reporter Tara Bradbury.
     
    She was bombarded with nasty comments after writing an article about FemFest, a local feminist conference on domestic violence and other issues.
     
    Bartlett says a column Bradbury then wrote about the abuse — and the national media attention that followed — made the backlash worse.
     
    He quoted some of the remarks by commenters he called "anonymous trolls" including: "She'd make a good living in porn."
     
    Bartlett says there was also support for Bradbury, but the overall ugly tone exposes a disrespect that men and women must fight together.

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