The SPH Scandal Caused A Stir Online You’ve probably already heard about the disciplinary case involving 2 senior editors and a female subordinate from The Straits Times. If you haven’t, perhaps it’s because Singapore Press Holdings was so low-key with its statement. It released it in an article on Wednesday evening (3 Oct) and didn’t even share it on Facebook. Thankfully, it’s not a premium article so you can read it in full here. Or simply read our coverage here: Straits Times Editors Disciplined For Alleged ‘Improper Relations’ With Subordinate Netizens have lapped up the scandalous story and as MustShareNews discovered, they’ve begun playing the blame game. But perhaps unfairly, many have singled out the woman in the case, calling her all sorts of misogynistic names. Hardwarezone on fire Soon after ST broke the news, the discussion dominated Hardwarezone, where a thread has received thousands of comments and views. Fuelled by anonymity, commenters went crazy with their responses to the incident. One even declared the girl in question was a “slutwhore”. Disturbingly, one netizen called her the “public toilet of the year”. Warning: The comments below might offend some. Source Speculating that the girl was a scholar, one implied that she had received the […]
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