India, Jan. 14 -- Journalist Victoria Edel of People magazine faced online backlash for an obituary she wrote for deceased cartoonist Scott Adams, who created the iconic character Dilbert. A section of the social media took offence to the article's headline, which referred to Adams as a "disgraced Dilbert creator."

What followed was massive outrage against Edel. In response, People has changed the byline of the controversial article to People Staff, and Edel's name has been removed. However, the outrage over the article continued with a targeted campaign against Victoria Edel.

"People Magazine let Victoria Edel call Scott Adams "disgraced" in his obituary. This is exactly who they are. Believe them the first time," wrote one user.

"Vic...