That’s certainly one word for this …
Report: Fox News protestor shoots himself outside News Corp. building http://t.co/MV5gBdXlzy via @POLITICO
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) January 26, 2015
Headline seems innocuous enough, right? But when readers clicked the link, here’s what they saw:
Dude.
How did this get through editing? Was there any?https://t.co/4aszuvmmWH
— Hilary Tone Forslund (@HToneTastic) January 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/559738998521098242
Oy. RT @AntDeRosa: Really? pic.twitter.com/tNmrxRsxja
— John McQuaid (@johnmcquaid) January 26, 2015
Well done, @DylanByers. RT @SamARosado Uhh. RT @AndrewKirell: Cringe so hard. RT @AntDeRosa: Really? pic.twitter.com/HFaISFxztS
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) January 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/jesseberney/status/559744164150398976
Seconded. RT @jesseberney: Jesus Christ, @DylanByers.
— Faded Rosie (from days gone by) (@MMASammich) January 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/petermorency/status/559739074937106432
What the heck was he thinking when he wrote that? Was that supposed to be cute? It wasn’t. At all.
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/559738615358816257
https://twitter.com/perlberg/status/559740114205933568
Oh, he changed it:
@perlberg done
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) January 26, 2015
Of course, what he didn’t do was note the change anywhere on the page. Or express any kind of regret for his stunning display of jackassery.
Politico has now removed this line, with no update or mention: http://t.co/VI6ylAuXMG pic.twitter.com/rr5FEdWFAI h/t @AntDeRosa
— Hilary Tone Forslund (@HToneTastic) January 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/559742915141189632
Classy move, bro.
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