Justine Sacco
The Facebook Commenters Who Made Racist Jokes About a Little Kid Are Awful, But They Still Don't Deserve the Internet's Mob Justice
Remember Justine Sacco? It's possible the name escapes you, given that her story was so many daily news cycles ago and the culture that ate her alive has claimed so many more scalps since. If you need a refresher, she's the PR executive who, in December of 2013, fired off an ...read more
MEMBERS ONLY: The Internet Mob Took Their Scalps, Now Here Are Their Stories
In the final days of 2013, I wrote a column for this site that sought to wrap up the year that was in terms of one of its most depressing overarching narratives. 2013, I said, was the "year of our outrage." I'd spent the past year and beyond documenting instances in which people ...read more
The Morning Banter: Justine's Crash Landing, Zimmerman's Big Sale, Peyton's Record Score, and Alcohol Cures Everything
Hopefully if you're reading this at all you're doing it from your couch or maybe at the airport on your way someplace nice for Christmas. Either way, here's your abridged reading material for the day. 1. Crash Landing If you paid any attention to the internet at all over the ...read more