The Philadelphia Inquirer is really, super, incredibly sorry for a certain tweet and headline about First Lady Melania Trump:
We apologize for insensitive language on a tweet about Melania Trump.
— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) January 23, 2017
Fashion critic @EWellingtonPHL wrote favorably on FLOTUS’s fashion sense, noting that she brings elegance + sex appeal to the White House.
— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) January 23, 2017
The headline and tweet were inappropriate. We’ve changed the headline on the column to better reflect the message.
— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) January 23, 2017
Sounds like a BIG “mistake” was made. What was it? Here’s what the Philly Inquirer initially ran:
In the event Philly Inquirer decides to remove their headline
(following their apology)#womensrights pic.twitter.com/Ui7heJq41f— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) January 23, 2017
As you might guess, especially a day after the Women’s March, the Inquirer took a lot of heat for that:
1 day after the @womensmarch, the largest US protest in history, u tweet this sexist remark? Shame on you @PhillyInquirer @phillydotcom pic.twitter.com/wRVeORTXNy
— Devon DiMatteo (@DevonDiMatteo) January 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/embeedub/status/823317365890940929
Good. Wasn't sure what you meant. Black First Ladies aren't sexy? https://t.co/r4wkhpEQR1
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) January 23, 2017
return all your Pulitzer Prizes immediately and then delete your account.
— Wendy Brandes – #Nope Distributor ? (@WendyBrandes) January 22, 2017
Hmm…insulted all previous First Ladies and reduced them to sex objects in so few words. Bravo.
— Doing Wrong (@ButSpeakinRight) January 22, 2017
You misspelled racist https://t.co/Gpi94NmpXq
— Deborah Golden (@DebGoldenDC) January 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/kat_george/status/823349104944107520
https://twitter.com/kaylanator17/status/823394592666120193
.@PhillyInquirer rightly getting rocked for totally sexist & trivializing coverage of the first lady. @bmarimow65 gonna have to apologize.
— Ben Waxman (@bwaxman) January 23, 2017
FAIL. Keep digging your hole deeper, Inqy. This implies the previous FLOTUS brought neither? Give up now, delete it all, admit your mistake https://t.co/suWip999Yl
— Stephen Lyford (@FocusedOnBeer) January 23, 2017
Well it was kind of insensitive and insulting to ALL first ladies. https://t.co/5ovjvtuf0b
— Swabreen Bakr (@ssscorvus) January 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/kat_george/status/823348949704581120
And these comparisons are overplayed and does a disservice to Michelle Obama and Melania Trump. Fix that. https://t.co/ZjD8q5F4dv
— Marty. (@Atwitisborn) January 23, 2017
The story has since been re-written under the headline “Melania Trump brings sultry elegance to the White House”:
We've heard your concerns around our column, and we're responding: https://t.co/txWnziofRQ
— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) January 23, 2017
Yeah, that’s still not cutting it for some:
https://twitter.com/kaylanator17/status/823394592666120193
i'll be happy when you realize that elegance is determined by actions. this is still garbage.
— kiki volkert (@fakenicespice) January 23, 2017