Wednesday, April 1, 2015

The Internet has totally ruined April Fools' day

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On April 2, 2012, the editor of The Daily Free Press, Boston University's student newspaper, issued a letter of apology to "the Boston community and whomever else it may concern." The note addressed a joke the paper had printed in its April Fools' Day issue — one jokingly describing a sexual assult. "Our aim," the paper's editor wrote, with a tone full of contrition, "was to publish satirical material about Boston University as a whole, and we did not intend to perpetuate harmful stereotypes or inappropriately make light of serious issues...We deeply regret our heartless behavior and did not mean to personally offend anyone." Read more...


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