The Onion apologizes for crude tweet about 9-year-old actress
The satirical news outlet said it was deeply sorry for calling Quvenzhané Wallis the C-word on Twitter and promised to discipline the people responsible for the tweet.
The mea culpa from Onion CEO Steve Hannah appeared on the company’s Facebook page:
Dear Readers,
On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the tweet that was circulated last night during the Oscars. It was crude and offensive—not to mention inconsistent with The Onion’s commitment to parody and satire, however biting.
No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.
The tweet was taken down within an hour of publication. We have instituted new and tighter Twitter procedures to ensure that this kind of mistake does not occur again.
In addition, we are taking immediate steps to discipline those individuals responsible.
Miss Wallis, you are young and talented and deserve better. All of us at The Onion are deeply sorry.
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