What today really needs is one more reporter writing about his or her vision of social justice at the expense of the actual news story at hand. Thankfully there’s Entertainment Weekly to come through with its coverage of the newest batch of Hugo Award nominees. The Hugo Awards, which recognize outstanding accomplishment in science fiction and fantasy, last August went largely to women and people of color.
Entertainment Weekly was therefore appalled to learn of a coordinated effort by groups going by the names “Sad Puppies” and “Rabid Puppies” to “nominate only white males for the science fiction book awards” this year. The original headline, “Hugo Award nominations fall victim to misogynistic, racist voting campaign,” soon became “Hugo Awards voting campaign sparks controversy,” however.
Weird. pic.twitter.com/djYy0W1TJ8
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) April 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/kspetzman/status/585236502340358146
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/585236559579844608
@JohnEkdahl
so I'm going to go with "hit publish instead of drafts"— Brandon Finnigan (@B_M_Finnigan) April 7, 2015
@JohnEkdahl @EWErickson Trying to save their asses from being sued for libel by the Sad Puppies.
— Robert G Evans (@drawncutlass) April 7, 2015
@JohnEkdahl HAH, original is still in the URL.
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) April 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/RoyCalbeck/status/585239225982935040
@JohnEkdahl Almost like they let their actual biases show through.
— Jim (@Ifitsthisname) April 7, 2015
In the wake of the now debunked Rolling Stone gang rape “scandal,” one can’t be too careful. A third version of the headline now has “Correction” appended, as well as a correction in the text:
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CORRECTION: After misinterpreting reports in other news publications, EW published an unfair and inaccurate depiction of the Sad Puppies voting slate, which does, in fact, include many women and writers of color. As Sad Puppies’ Brad Torgerson explained to EW, the slate includes both women and non-caucasian writers, including Rajnar Vajra, Larry Correia, Annie Bellet, Kary English, Toni Weisskopf, Ann Sowards, Megan Gray, Sheila Gilbert, Jennifer Brozek, Cedar Sanderson, and Amanda Green.
EW regrets the error.
Hey @AdamBaldwin Check out the my TL. I'm spreading the word about this asinine defamation http://t.co/4gzXl4ZZiA
— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) April 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/585232560344600576
Which "news publications" did you previously rely upon, @isabella324, @ew? @AdamBaldwin @monsterhunter45
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) April 7, 2015
i don't see any "news publications" cited in your article. Shall we just assume this is a deceptive way to say "blogs"? @isabella324 @EW
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) April 7, 2015
@AceofSpadesHQ Help me out here. Isn't there a word for basing your work on another's without attribution? @isabella324 @EW
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) April 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/JohnRiversToo/status/585250809316769792
Prediction: despite getting burned hard, the writer will keep going back to the garbage blogs she cribbed from. http://t.co/yaQK6KqmOq
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) April 7, 2015
@monsterhunter45 @TwitchyTeam @EW
"What is best in life?"
I think Conan and you know the answer, Larry, and we will soon be seeing it.— Michael Nonas (@aikidokainwy) April 7, 2015
Fisking to start, but that's not good enough. I'm sick of this libelous bullshit. @aikidokainwy @scsiwuzzy @TwitchyTeam @EW
— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) April 6, 2015
@monsterhunter45 Good for you! This doesn’t stop until these fuckers start writing checks.
— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) April 7, 2015
Editor’s note: The post has been updated with additional tweets.
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