Oliver Willis: The Wire made a 'questionable photo choice' for flesh-eating bacteria story

Oliver Willis of Media Matters noticed something “questionable” about the photo accompanying a story in The Wire warning beach-goers about a “surge of flesh-eating bacterium.” See if you can spot what his issue was:

the wire makes a questionable photo choice pic.twitter.com/vYeMbGiDSh

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 28, 2014

“Questionable”? Flat-out hilarious!

bwahahahahahahahahaha “@owillis: the wire makes a questionable photo choice pic.twitter.com/TolhpIjgNe”

— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) July 28, 2014

At the time of this post’s publication the same photo remains with the story:

Florida's waters will feed on you now http://t.co/nIFCZmuR15

— The Atlantic: Ideas (@TheAtlIdeas) July 28, 2014