* Apologies are in order, but how did Brackman get to deposit his turd in the AGE in the first place?
* Latest update:Â Jews consider legal action over ‘racist’ article in The Age
Brackman: a disciple of Mahatir Mohammed or just another Jew-hating Asshole?
Tim Blair – Tuesday, January 20, 09 (11:47 am)
The Age apologises:Â
The editorial team at The Age has offered an unreserved apology to the Jewish community for the controversial Michael Backman column that appeared in last Saturday’s newspaper.
A formal apology appeared on page two of Tuesday’s edition (January 20) of the newspaper, with The Age editor Paul Ramadge telling The AJN that the anti-Semitic views expressed by Backman “have no place at The Age. We completely reject his views”.
* The terrorist supporting AGE provides a forum for Mamduh Habib and “Gitmo Torture”
* Did the New Yawk Slimes find a buyer?
“We fully accept that the article has caused hurt and distress to the Jewish community and we apologise without reservation,” he said.
Ramadge said the story was published while he and other senior editors were on leave.
“We have a different crew editing the paper during the holiday period,” he said.
Ramadge would not comment on whether any Age employees would lose their jobs over the publication of the story, but did admit that more than one Age staffer were guilty of “errors of judgement”.
“We have taken steps to ensure that this sort of thing doesn’t happen again,” he said, adding that the staffer was being dealt with internally.Â
Sounds like the dreaded counselling. No word yet from Backman himself.Â
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