Is This an Acceptable Apology by NOW Magazine?

I guess we know who Enzo is not voting for.

This is typical from arrogant NOW magazine authors and it happens all the time.

This is the comment I posted over at Now's website:

"I have to ask: gay, bi, straight – why should we care?"

Personally... I don't care. But, if we shouldn't care, then why did you write it in the first place? And more importantly, why did you write it without even doing your research?

Don't blame the "conservative media" for your mistake. Own up and post a real apology for not doing your homework.

The only reason the "conservative media" even wrote about it in the first place is because it's hilarious that a publication would allow something like this without fact checking. Way to undermine the entire paper.

Sure it is. It's as relevant as the gay community needs us to see their pride every frickin year. Like a lot in their community, it goes both ways.

I agree with Di Matteo on one count - a politician's sexual orientation shouldn't matter. Here's the problem: it DOES matter. A gay mayoral candidate is still news, and Di Matteo is the one who found it worth pointing out in the first place. I think there should be a clear apology and clarification, as there should be from any news outlet when they spread false information. Why didn't an editor or fact checker catch the error? It's the arrogance of criticising other media outlets rather than admitting their mistake that really rubs me the wrong way. Dude, it's YOUR fault that was news!

I thought Giambrone's response, on the other hand, was perfect. He set the record straight without making a fuss about it - bravo to him.

Di Matteo is a homosexual.....i went to high school with him

Giambrone is a Miller clone and would be a disastrous mayor. That being said, NOW is a high school newspaper. What do you expect from high school writers.

ya know.. I agree with Enzo's statement regarding "gay, bi, straight... why should we care" but at the same time it was Enzo himself who decided to let that "slip" out into the initial article.

To be honest, if Miller was gay and did everything the same way over his terms in office I'd still think he was a buffoon. I'd still feel that council is a dysfunctional pack of idiots regardless if they were all gay or all straight or all bi or all transgendered or all "sexually confused" or what have you.

If Giambrone could get a working city hall and be able to get this city back to "normal" then I wouldn't give two hoots if he played naked handball with his partner(s)in his private life.. if the politician is "getting the job done" it doesn't make a lick of difference what they do in the bedroom between two (or more) consenting adults.

What about Tegan and Sara

You mean the Sissor Sisters?

I said the odds "are really minimal".
Not out of the question.

I heard he was dating Kyle Rae.

God. I read Enzo's piece last night and, like most commenters here, thought it was a piece of self-serving bullshit. NOW made a major factual mistake. They should have issued a standard correction, not Di Matteo's "Okay, we were wrong, but why are you making such a big deal out of it, you reactionary conservative media pigs?" (The idea that the media as a whole are inherently conservative is just as stupid as the idea that they're inherently liberal.)

And he doesn't really explain why he likes Giambrone, except that electing him would be some sort of symbolic "fuck you" to some strawman establishment. It's the rationale of a 14 year-old anti-authoritarian, not a thoughtful adult.

Any chance that he just got Giambrone and Smitherman mixed up?

I think a proper apology is necessary when personal identity is wrongfully reported to a public. If NOW writes Giambrone is 40 years-old, they must apologize because they published incorrect information, not because it's bad to be 40. I wonder though, what caused the apology. Did anyone complained? Like TTC thought it damages their image or something? That would be a problem, and I hope it didn't upset Giambrone himself. It could've been cool if he said "it's noone's business".

The man is gay. This is ridiculous! Its like when Dan Levy, or Rick Mercer or the guy from Canadian Next Top Model say they are not or they do not want it published.

There was a time when George Michael and Elton John were straight ;)

So I am a double homophobe since I live East of Victoria Park Avenue and North of the 401.
I live so close to the zoo...maybe he will accuse me of being into beastiality?

Tegan and Sarah?

Terribly handled.

Enzo should have used the space to confess he had been sloppy. The rest is pure distraction.

Leslie Roberts digs men.

excuse me but... who CARES?? so they made a mistake, big deal, it happens, something's bound to slip by the fact checker on new year's eve. enough already, let's move on.

he's not gay, NOW is sorry, go back to your lives citizens.

It's so sad that someone has to apologize for something that shouldn't even be an issue in the first place.

NOW should apologize because they got a fact wrong, it matters not what the incorrect information was, it matters that it was wrong.

If they said he was black would it matter? If they said he was really a woman? If they said he was an immigrant? NONE of these issues really matter to his ability to govern... what matters is that they got it wrong. Saying Adam is a black immigrant woman wouldn't be an issue, but it would be factually incorrect.

Oh sorry comment police!!! I scanned thru comments quickly via iphone screen.

Giambrone is still a dillweed.

Mr. Giambrone's not gay, and Mr. Matteo's a douchebag who should be looking for a job. What a pill.

Amateurish of them to handle it like this. I guess this criticism makes me a conservative :-(

Why is everyone saying he isnt gay?
I have yet to read anythng facutal refuting NOW's claim?
An apology isnt needed until they are proven wrong.

Oh nice, so he is gay.
Good for him.

Cool.
Thats too bad though :(

yes and both giambrone and the jersey douches are gay.

Have you been up Church St?
Its all assless chaps and flannel.
Thats considered fashion sense?

or maybe steamworks

ah NOW Magazine. The self importance of regurgitation. I stopped reading NOW Magazine, about 15 years ago when one of it's regular openly gay writers criticized the children who were in legal cases with the accused Michael Jackson , accused of pedophilia. The writer ever so proudly declared he wished he was a little boy having sexual contact with Michael Jackson, and that those children were in fact 'lucky' and should 'be quiet'. Gee isn't that the line pedophiles use on their victims. Well, when I wrote to NOW Magazine to complain at how offensive this is to victims/ children etc... They took the line that the writers personal opinion was his alone.

So...they are just a sleazy rag...who ache for fame. If you have ever known any of the mediocre people who have taken photographs, written or worked for them in any way..you will know what I am talking about.

NOW only succeeds due to the sleazy ads it promotes. I can get movie times off the net, or in the STAR. And the 'features' on local theatres etc would be best served by other means, net, indy reviews etc. It has not merit, mediocre writers, and base photography.

But hey if you are into human trafficking and need to post an AD they have space for sale.