On September 20, 2018, the New York Times published an article about Ian Buruma, editor of the New York Review of Books, leaving the company amid an uproar over the magazine’s publication of an essay by Jian Ghomeshi.

Mr. Ghomeshi, a disgraced Canadian broadcaster, was acquitted of sexual assault charges in 2016 in which he allegedly sexually harassed over 20 women. In his essay, he claimed to only have had issues with “several” women and complained about the #MeToo movement and how difficult the harassment has been for him online. For obvious reasons, this angered the public. It is unsure if Mr. Buruma was fired or left his position at the magazine.

 (Ian Buruma of New York Review of Books)

This is definitely bad coverage for the magazine. What they did was extremely insensitive and offended a large portion of their audience. At this point, it is necessary for them to issue an apology and explain that this is not the kind of behavior they are accepting or condoning.

Additionally, it may be beneficial for them to publish a story from the other perspective, such as someone who is part of the #MeToo movement having experienced some form of sexual harassment.

Because Mr. Buruma was responsible for the publication of this article, I think it would be best for him to personally issue the apology, even if he has already left the company.