When Jezebel’s Natasha Vargas-Cooper made her first attempt to apologize for misreporting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s nonexistent desire to stop colleges from reporting campus rapes, it went a little something like this:
https://twitter.com/natashavc/status/571697793959645185
https://twitter.com/natashavc/status/571698518055890945
Surprisingly, not even Jezebel itself, which had run Vargas-Cooper’s faulty story under a seriously deceptive headline, could let her “update” suffice, choosing instead to add a second update concluding, “We regret the error and apologize.”
Whatever inspired Vargas-Cooper to try again with her own apology we don’t know, but it’s definitely a step toward improvement.
https://twitter.com/natashavc/status/571791589812674561
@natashavc seems like a basic aspect of the job
— Almaqah (@_Almaqah) February 28, 2015
@natashavc "follow up phone call?" Was there an initial phone call?
— Jim (@Ifitsthisname) February 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/natashavc/status/571791763704299520
https://twitter.com/natashavc/status/571792020202778626
And this would be where …
@natashavc I missed where you said you were sorry. Saying u screwed up is NOT sorry..
— jamieq (@nativetxanj) February 28, 2015
@natashavc ummmm still looking for the words I'm sorry…must have missed em
— Teahadist too (@jammer_911) February 28, 2015
@natashavc you still haven't actually said you were sorry. Here, I'll help: "I'm sorry to Scott Walker for failing at my job as a reporter."
— Beau (@INukeYou) February 28, 2015
@natashavc ok so let's hear you say your sorry…..we haven't heard it yet. I would formally apologize to Walker and your readers
— Cory (@Jake_Sam) February 28, 2015
We're waiting. MT @natashavc I know I said I wasn't going to say sorry but I hope you won't fault me for changing my mind.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) February 28, 2015
You know what else wouldn’t hurt?
@natashavc Please change the headline of the article to reflect the actual facts.
250k people were misled.
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) February 28, 2015
@natashavc jezebel should probably delete that tweet and tweet a correction then.
— Charlie J. Johnson (@Charliemagne) February 28, 2015
So, non-apology accepted?
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/571793895048286210
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/571794357549989889
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/571795143436701698
@natashavc Good on ya. Mistakes are lessons. Everybody makes them
— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) February 28, 2015
@natashavc This is the most adult few tweets I've read all week. Good on you for that. #OwnedUp
— Sheepdog Covfefe (@navymig) March 1, 2015
@natashavc I'm just sorry the readers who read the original "story" do not know it was completely false. Facts really do matter.
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) February 28, 2015
@natashavc You're a hack and a paid clown.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 28, 2015
@natashavc Okay, you've got your "I'm sorry" out there, its on to your next hit peace. Got that straw man to build.
— Daniel (@ddwalk34) February 28, 2015
.@natashavc Don't worry: you spread the falsehood, and that's your real job.
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) February 28, 2015
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