I guess most of the arguments that could be made over the variant, the reaction, Marvel's pulling of the variant, and the reaction to the reaction, have been made to this thread.
What I found surprising is that the British national newspaper the Guardian actually reported on this on Friday:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...-riri-williams
Granted, the Guardian does cover comic news to a greater extent than the rest of Britain's national press, but it is fairly remarkable that it should report on a pulled variant cover that would have been sold in one shop that concerned an American comic book company/legacy Iron Man cover.
Of course, it's a pretty easy article to write - paste a comment by the Mary Sue, a twitter statement by Campbell, and a statement by Bendis, and Bob is your proverbial uncle
The fact that about 99% of these news stories take place across social media make them the easiest news stories in the world to summarise.