Punch Line of the Day: Times of India, the world’s most widely circulated English-language newspaper, published this terribly tasteless joke involving singer Chris Brown and his 2009 physical assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna in today’s Delhi edition.
“Is this ‘joke’ in Delhi Times really about beating women, in country where 1/3 will experience physical violence?” asks Anna Barry-Jester, the Delhi-based photographer who spotted the bit. “It is just a joke,” Forbes India reporter Ashish Mishra said in response to criticism.
What say you? Just a joke?
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It’s not a very good joke, but yeah, it’s just a joke.
A funnier joke would be if the punch line were:
Answer: Chris Brown, he always beats women.