OK, the folks over at Golfweek magazine need to go back to journalism school.
According to a story from the AP: Golfweek magazine replaced the editor responsible for illustrating the current cover with a noose and apologized Friday for its depiction of a Golf Channel anchor's use of "lynch" in a comment about Tiger Woods.
"We apologize for creating this graphic cover that received extreme negative reaction from consumers, subscribers and advertisers across the country," Turnstile Publishing Co. president William P. Kupper Jr. said. "We were trying to convey the controversial issues with a strong and provocative graphic image. It is now obvious that the overall reaction to our cover deeply offended many people. For that, we are deeply apologetic."
See full story here.
Morons. Idiots. Why in the WORLD would you use a grapic of THAT to illustrate the issue related to the Golf Channel anchor? It's like throwing gasoline on a blazing fire. That's just REALLY bad journalism. What were they thinking?
As soon as I saw the cover, I was shocked. Who in their right mind would think "hey, this looks really good?" It's horrible. Awful. Shocking.
OMG that's horrible.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I have to think that just did NOTHING for the golf world. It's bad enough we all already kinda think that golf is for old, rich [racist] white guys with a propensity for sexual harassment and scotch. This cover didn't do anything for the cause...
(Can you imagine how many people approved that cover prior to it going to press? Insane.)
Seriously! Someone thought up the cover and was like "OOh! Sweet idea. I shall pitch it!" And then a whole bunch of other people thought "Yes! Solid idea! Let's use it on the cover!" No one stopped to think that it might be slightly inappropriate?? Wow.
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