Washington Times Runs Obama Girls' Photo With Story About Murdered Chicago Kids

[BlueJessamine]

Source: Huffington Post

On Wednesday, a story in the Washington Times about murdered Chicago schoolchildren was inexplicably paired with a photo of President Obama's daughters. The two girls are not mentioned in the story, and aside from having at one point been schoolchildren in Chicago have no conceivable connection to it.

As Media Matters' Eric Boehlert points out:

The Obama children, of course, are not actually mentioned in the news story. But somebody at the WashTimes thought it made perfect sense to insert the image of the underage White House occupants into a story about murdered kids in Chicago.

And no, this was not an example of an unfortunate juxtaposition, where the the Obama girls photo was actually part of another, more innocuous story and because of a layout quirk simply appeared near the murdered-kids story. Instead, the Obama girls photo was specifically selected to accompany the article.


The photo was later taken down.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/iwashington-timesi-run-ob_n_203413.html

[Merlot]

1. When ever I think they can sink no lower, they find new depths.

[InfiniteThoughts]

9. wait ...

they still haven't 'mis-replaced' the photo of a psychotic killer and the POTUS.

Wait, you WP staffers, i am not giving you ideas.

Morons. Is it too much to expect an apology from them to the press & the WH in particular ...

[SemperEadem]

31. that would be the WT staffers--the Washington TIMES, not the post

[Mrs. Overall]

2. That is shocking. After looking at the article, the photo of the girls, and the caption--

there is absolutely no way this was an accident.

[polmaven]

4. Well, y'know...

to what I imagine are all lily white lay out folks there....the phrase "they all look alike" comes to mind.

What a disgusting piece of alleged "journalism".

:puke:

[ck4829]

3. Washington Times sez: "Our computer did it, not us!"

Interesting though, it took Media Matters for America to point it out before they took it down.

[BlackX-068]

5. Great Post

:-)

[AlexDeLarge]

10. And I thought Satan was behind it.

They didn't get their talking point yet, so they made that up, eh?

[TuxedoKat]

20. Maybe he was...

working through them!

[yellowcanine]

15. Editor John Solomon told Greg Sargent technology, not a person, was to blame.

"The theme engine, through automation, grabbed a photo it thought was relevant, and attached it to the story," Solomon said, acknowledging that the photo had gone up without a person seeing it. "There was no editorial decision to run it. As soon as it was brought to our attention, we pulled it down."


The computer did it??????
What happened to "personal responsibility" the wingnuts are always braying about?

[redqueen]

19. I don't believe it went up without anyone seeing it.

What a bullshit claim. I'd say he should be ashamed... but look where he works.

[mikeytherat]

22. The Editor is admitting he has no real job. After all, the computer does it all.

Apparently, the Editor does not even review the content before it goes live. You know, that little thing that every other web designer/editor does before something goes live.

mikey_the_rat

[pup_ajax]

26. sounds fishy ...

That's clearly a lie. People put the photos in place, not computers.
These sorts of mistakes do happen from time to time due to time constraints and deadlines.
Why not just own up to it and say "Sorry we made a mistake" instead of digging the hole deeper?

[zipplewrath]

27. Dynamic content

They seem to imply that the art is chosen as part of some dynamic content scheme where key words in the article are matched with tags on photos. Cute tool, but I'm fascinated that neither the editor nor the author "see" the photo prior to inclusion.

[indypaul]

29. A "technological inexatitude" is what he meant n/t

[960]

6. That is disgusting. If they're claiming it was a mistake - they need to stop printing because

if you make mistakes that big you're too unreliable.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[groundloop]

7. When I think of solid, honest journalism....

the Washington Times is the first organization that comes to mind.



NOT !!!!!


:sarcasm:

[MADem]

8. It's the MOONIE TIMES. Of COURSE it was no accident.

It was a small piece of red meat to that small rabid animal in the corner.

[sofa king]

30. If it wasn't an accident, was it a message?

I don't see any way to prove that. Just kind of wondering out loud.

[MADem]

32. Of course--it was a piece of "chucklemeat" tossed to a bunch of chuckleheads.

"Heh, heh" (mouth-breathe with snot coming out of nose) "Didja see the pit-cha? Didja? Heh, heh? Didja??"

(Slap knee, wheeze and chuckle some more).

Stuff like this, all you can say is "Consider the source."

[notadmblnd]

11. These subliminal messages being sent out by media to kill the Obama's, must stop!

We're seeing it time after time. I don't think it's simply a mistake by some incompetent, it's a blatant attempt to encourage some psycho to go after this family, and I'm tired of seeing it. Isn't there some way to stop the media from doing this?

[AlinPA]

12. Right wing pigs at the Washington Times - as slimy as Fox "News".

[Joanne98]

13. They do that shit on purpose. When are we ever going to give Rev Moon

The publicity he deserves? The MSM STILL won't touch him.

[redqueen]

21. Good question.

The M$M has been in bed with the enemy for a very long time. Since March, 1915... at least.

[47of74]

14. I hope the secret service goes and cleans house

I hope the secret service goes through and cleans house there.

[yellowcanine]

17. Water board the editors until they tell the truth!

[bluestateguy]

16. Somebody needs to lose their job over this

No lame ass apologies! Someone should be fired.

[redqueen]

18. Several somebodies.

But I won't hold my breath. It's the WT after all. :puke:

[willing dwarf]

23. Sickening, absolutely appalling

[northernlights]

24. well ya know how it is with computers...

garbage in, garbage out.

So I guess to computers, "they all look alike" now too.

Disgraceful. Guess we better get used to it.

[Revolution9]

25. a paper run by moonies.

what did you expect?

[Joe Chi Minh]

28. The US never be able to join the ranks of the developed countries as long as those demons continue

to have so much power.

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[Cha]

34. Here's a link to contact numbers for the Washington Times.

for feedback.

The Washington Times
3600 New York Ave. NE
Washington, D.C. 20002
202-636-3000

http://www.washingtontimes.com/contact-us/