The St. Louis Post-Dispatch dropped Will's column from its pages as a result of the column. Editor Tony Messenger wrote: "The column was offensive and inaccurate; we apologize for publishing it."Messenger, Tony (June 19, 2014) "Editor's note: Michael Gerson replaces George Will." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved June 19, 2014. Will responded to the senators in his blog, saying his article was based on "simple arithmetic involving publicly available reports", and that sexual assault "should be dealt with by the criminal justice system, and not be adjudicated by improvised campus processes."
