Netflix has a mess on its hands

The body of the article completely contradicts the title, making the points that Netflix has both moved on with other headline shows to attract/keep customers as well as them being praised for their quick action. So... Netflix doesn't have a mess on their hands?

Unrelated, the rest of the article is typical of newspapers rehashing the same facts for people who haven't caught a previous article. That style really dates newspaper articles for me, as it's a holdover to various print editions I imagine. You can link to a previous article instead of rewriting all the same information that's already been written before, but there's one article prepared for internet and print consumption.

House of Cards could have ended 2 seasons ago, at episode 52, but the producers got greedy and decided to milk the storyline for hours with Doug/useless story arcs that didn’t contribute to the main plot.

Kudos to Netflix executives for ending the show promptly and not waiting to run any polls/financial analysis on the fallout.

Can't they just switch Spacey for somebody else?

I also don't understand why is Netflix held accountable for the past sexual offences of a homosexual man? THey cancelled the show. There's nothing more they should do. And it's more than enough: think of all the people who are out of a job now.