The Indianapolis Star expressed its regret on Monday after publishing a political cartoon mocking Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford.
The sketch, which specifically lampooned the numerous preconditions Ford requested from the Senate Judiciary Committee, was first published in the print edition of the Star on Sunday.
“Our readers deserved better in this case,” the paper’s executive editor, Ronnie Ramos, said in an editorial published in the paper Monday.
The Star “has a responsibility to promote a civil discourse and to present diverse viewpoints in a way that does not demean or appear to belittle anyone who says they are the victim of a sexual assault,” he continued.