Crikey issues lengthy second apology after opinion piece on Brittany Higgins

Editors of the online news outlet vow to change editorial processes after taking down controversial article

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The editors of online news outlet Crikey have issued a lengthy second apology and vowed to overhaul editorial processes after publishing a controversial opinion piece about Brittany Higgins that was later deleted.

On Monday, Crikey’s editor-in-chief Sophie Black and editor Gina Rushton penned an almost 500 word editorial – the second such apology the publication has issued since it published, then hastily took down, the article by columnist Guy Rundle on Friday.

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