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by Grue3 2747 days ago
The difference is that Quinn was widely praised by the media, and ended up getting a book and movie deal out of it. It's a poor example of "dangers of public shaming". Sacco, like many other victims, was vilified by the media and lost everything.
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I have good news for you! Sacco was hired as Director of Communications by FanDuel about 6 months after IAC fired her from a similar director-level position. She was promoted to VP at FanDuel two years later, and she is currently the VP of Communications for Match. (Which, as it happens, is owned by IAC.)

But that's not really the point. Let's say that Sacco's life really was destroyed... isn't that an even better reason to compare and contrast the two cases? Instead, the article we're talking about implies that the right never shames people. I sort of feel like that's a bad approach to the question.