global story. Hornery issued an apology (of sorts). This was not enough though, so Shields wrote a “note to subscribers”, offering his own heavily caveated apology.
By this time Twitter was electric with that combination of glee and outrage that make it the absolutely addictive gutter that it is.
The schadenfreude was palpable. Related: Nobody should be forced to come out as Rebel Wilson was, famous or not | Eleanor Morgan From the start, it was hard to understand why Shields was fighting so hard to defend a gossip column.
It seemed like an odd hill to die on. The SMH’s decision to pursue and publish a gossip column in an era when the internet exists is baffling.
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