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Setting aside the reporter's inaccuracies (I noted several, some quite subtle), and looking only at what West himself said (either in the interview itself, or in the clips from his own lecture), most of what West said is just fine; West's problematic language is, however, defensible only with lots of qualifications, iow, precisely the kinds of nuances that one should not expect the MSM to understand, let alone to insert.

Going to the Source of the Christopher West Controversy 2009

Or that nobody who is good at sports ought to be "morally upright" iow, not sleep with team-mates wives, girlfriends or partners, or swear gratuitously on every occasion or enjoy a decent choral evensong?

Why are English sporting heroes so dull? | Kevin McKenna 2011

If one creates a relationship with their parents … iow … truly loves them beyond their instinctual desire … yes … the children will care for their elderly parents.

In theory, at least. 2009

GIVEN human nature, i see no EVIDENCE that man will not find another motivation (iow excuse) to commit violence

The Volokh Conspiracy » Latest Mohammed Cartoon Controversy, this Time in South Africa 2010

Law Enforcement ADMINISTRATORS. iow, cop-o-crats/politicians. why am i not surprised?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Licensed carry now allowed at Colorado community colleges 2010

“Conservatives”, iow, have this distressing habit of making assertions like this (Republicans are better for the economy than Democrats, for example), and then challenging others to prove them wrong.

Matthew Yglesias » More Condescension Needed 2010

Speaking strictly historically, are these in fact shifts away, or do they represent some sort of state from which American English shifted away? iow, Who did the shifting?

Poetry in Pittsburghese « Motivated Grammar 2010

Sun Tzu's Nephew says: whit: Law Enforcement ADMINISTRATORS. iow, cop-o-crats/politicians. why am i not surprised?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Licensed carry now allowed at Colorado community colleges 2010

I'm puzzled by the wielding of the phrase "New World" as some kind of put-down: A lot of good wines come from the New World (iow non-Eurasian/African parts of the world).

Has Gary Vaynerchuk Gone "New World" on Us? Or Just Crazy? 2008

In which case, my experience of dirty looks from cis women would maybe seem to run counter to that – iow that (cis) women can exhibit oppressive behaviour to (trans) women?

The new feminists: lipstick and pageants 2008