Cowley Under Fire For Sexist Tweets; Twitter Account Deleted
(WSCR) Arguably the city's most controversial columnist came under fire Sunday afternoon for sexist tweets sent from his Twitter account.
Sun-Times columnist Joe Cowley was the subject of two separate Deadspin stories Sunday after Cowley made sexist comments on Twitter. After the publication of both articles, Cowley's Twitter account, @cst_Cowley, was deleted.
The parade of sexists tweets began when Cowley's flight was delayed, prompting him to question the ability of a female pilot to operate the aircraft he was a passenger on.
After several tweets, Sloane Martin, a female sports reporter at WCJW in Rochester, NY., objected to Cowley's rant, tweeting: "yes I've heard female genitalia makes it impossible to properly operate such a complicated machine. Bet she has an agenda tokill."
After a series of back-and-forth tweets, Cowley continued to degrade Martin, insisting she "hottie up" her profile picture and claiming "the chick pilot did good ... Even though she had to come back and ask for directions twice."
