Ha! Yes it is time to set the Vox site safety counter back to zero, because we have another error. The photo embedded in this tweet is the symbol for the National Recovery Administration, not the National Rifle Association:
https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/636933958513651712
Screencapped for posterity for when they delete it:
Oops.
Now, let’s take a look at how bad it’s getting for Vox as the mocking ratchets up:
@smittie61984 GP HAHAHAHA! Liberal website @voxdotcom doesn't know liberalism's own history, symbols. Par for the course, really.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) August 27, 2015
There's derp, then there's Voxderphttps://t.co/WYMjMnJONa
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 27, 2015
.@voxdotcom A little linguistically confused, Vox? Maybe you could ask for help from the Modern Language Association pic.twitter.com/sCjyBBXTao
— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) August 27, 2015
.@voxdotcom Government acronyms confusing? perhaps you should consult experts at the Central Intelligence Agency. pic.twitter.com/ARP84Wopwa
— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) August 27, 2015
@voxdotcom So if that's the NRA, is this Planned Parenthood? pic.twitter.com/TjLAOf2qbU
— Colorado RedTraci (@goptraci) August 27, 2015
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@voxdotcom The poster is for the National Recovery Act, a New Deal program.
— Richard K. De Atley (@RKDeAtley) August 27, 2015
@voxdotcom Do you guys EVER get anything right? That's not @NRA sign. Cripes.
— ? ????? ???????? ? (@KristineAz) August 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/636934703593852928
NBC just poured $200M into this company. Journalism is dead. pic.twitter.com/Wu8Ns5oI4O
— BT (@back_ttys) August 27, 2015
Vox has since corrected the error:
@RobProvince We've corrected the error. Sorry about the confusion.
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 27, 2015
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