A Slate tweet promoting an article about Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts had an accompanying photo that caught the attention of many:
Does Chief Justice John Roberts show a certain casualness about the truth? http://t.co/FlB7MHrhUI pic.twitter.com/CWuilp9svp
— Slate (@Slate) June 26, 2014
There was something not quite right about the Roberts pic:
https://twitter.com/Garrett_R_Hall/status/482014524099133441
This made my hyperventilate laughing @Slate pic.twitter.com/RjBKGDYE5l
— FLPresents (@FrankLangan) June 26, 2014
Whoops! Photo flub:
@Slate This is not Chief Justice Roberts. It is Eli Wallach (RIP).
— Scott Candage (@ScottCandage) June 26, 2014
@Slate Ha! That's the late, great Eli Wallach.
— Elizabeth West (@Limeylizzie) June 26, 2014
Actor Eli Wallach died at the age of 98 on Tuesday, and obviously there was a picture mix-up:
https://twitter.com/ajwalsh08/status/482005939433000960
https://twitter.com/SamuelLaskey/status/482005966313881600
https://twitter.com/SarahGfink/status/482006021871640578
Like implying this is Roberts? RT @Slate Does Chief Justice John Roberts show a certain casualness about the truth? http://t.co/eMgqaJLJGz
— Sigh Hersh, Hostile Witness (@Ugarles) June 26, 2014
@Slate dude that is the late Eli Wallach.
— Chris Loewen (@Ow_My_Back_) June 26, 2014
@Slate Well, this should make for an interesting correction.
— Christopher Weigl (@Chris_Weigl) June 26, 2014
Not parody, though it's getting harder to tell. RT @Slate Does Chief Justice John Roberts show a certain casualness about the truth?
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) June 26, 2014
@Slate @jondanziger ummm…Justice Roberts has aged.
— StayHome?SlayHome (@e__amato) June 26, 2014
@Slate man, the job really ages a person
— Ben Shore (@Ben5hore) June 26, 2014
@Slate As always, you can't get it right. Photo is the great Eli Wallach, not Chief Justice Roberts. Slate just gets more and more feeble.
— John Bentz (@JBentz) June 26, 2014
The correction was made:
@Slate #CORREX: This was a photo of recently deceased actor Eli Wallach, not Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts.
— Slate (@Slate) June 26, 2014
Everybody had pretty much figured it out by then, with some caveats:
https://twitter.com/Mobute/status/482017910291181568
@Slate And his title is Chief Justice of the United States… #CORREX
— Shane Moreman, PhD (@shanemoremanphd) June 26, 2014
@Slate Oh, it's good to know that Chief Justice John Roberts didn't turn into a deceased actor overnight.
— Brianna H (@BriannaPhilly) June 26, 2014
.@Slate and yet this tweet is still the least idiotic thing Slate has published in years #slatepitch
— ☘️Sean☘️ (@kavs86) June 26, 2014
Baby steps.
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