[Magdalen] The Deen controversy

[M J [Mike] Logsdon]

>>>The complaint came from an employee. Words like this ***used
in the workplace *** are unacceptsble IMO. And actionable-M<<<

Absolutely.  But considering how "Both sides agreed to dismiss the lawsuit 'without any award of costs or fees to any party'" (Wikipedia), Food Network Etc should have been willing to accept her apology/explanation and merely monitor the situation from there, like any good network should do.  Even "Former President Jimmy Carter urged that Deen be forgiven, stating, 'I think she has been punished, perhaps overly severely, for her honesty in admitting it and for the use of the word in the distant past. She's apologized profusely'" (also Wiki).
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