WGN vs. The Jews

jimmypasta · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:18 pm

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/w ... nazi-badge

A Chicago television news station made a truly unfortunate art choice to accompany a segment on the Jewish High Holidays on Wednesday: the yellow Star of David that Jews were legally required to wear during the Holocaust.

The stock photo was first flagged by a Chicago editor, who posted a screenshot of the WGN news broadcast online.

Don Tiny · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:20 pm

http://www.score670.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=156&t=96187

jimmypasta · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:21 pm

Don Tiny wrote:

http://www.score670.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=156&t=96187

Whoops! my apologies....hey ,hows bout 'dem Cubbies?

Curious Hair · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:25 pm

First owning the Cubs, now this.

jimmypasta · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:30 pm

Curious Hair wrote:

First owning the Cubs, now this.

Yeah,stick the 2 cents back in your baggy-ass pocket...I don't care.

Curious Hair · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:35 pm

Just a joke about the WASPiness of the old Cub regime, calm your tits.

bigfan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:37 pm

Guessing the "I hope nodoby notices plan" didnt work so well.

WGNTV @WGNTV -3:42pm · 23 Sep 2015 · Twitter Web Client
@DJJulieTwinkle neither. We are truly sorry for inadvertently using an offensive image. We apologize & deeply regret the error.

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Julie Twinkle @DJJulieTwinkle -3:26pm · 23 Sep 2015 · Twitter for iPhone
@WGNTV do you endorse nazism or simply believe the Jewish community as a "problem"? Fire your art director immediately. #sickening

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To the ex graphics guy at WGN, the clue was that the logo was taken from the chest of a concentration camp uniform. Nice work. :lol:

badrogue17 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:38 pm

bigfan wrote:

Guessing the "I hope nodoby notices plan" didnt work so well.

WGNTV @WGNTV -3:42pm · 23 Sep 2015 · Twitter Web Client
@DJJulieTwinkle neither. We are truly sorry for inadvertently using an offensive image. We apologize & deeply regret the error.

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Julie Twinkle @DJJulieTwinkle -3:26pm · 23 Sep 2015 · Twitter for iPhone
@WGNTV do you endorse nazism or simply believe the Jewish community as a "problem"? Fire your art director immediately. #sickening

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To the ex graphics guy at WGN, the clue was that the logo was taken from the chest of a concentration camp uniform. Nice work. :lol:

Give him a break, not everyone read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

W_Z · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:40 pm

From all of us at WGN, we wish all Jewish people a real Kristallnacht...

Curious Hair · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:40 pm

Not being able to recognize a yellow Star of David patch with German on it indicates a cultural illiteracy that should preclude not only working in television but really any job that requires pants and a downtown commute. Just stultifying.

bigfan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:42 pm

Has Ed Farmer chimed in yet?

Beardown · **Joined:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:29 pm **Posts:** 34038

Like I said in the other thread, this was not an accident. Somebody there hates Jewish people.

bigfan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:44 pm

The kid there can join this guy at a new company.

lota jobs for them....just gonna be tough getting that reference.

Beardown · **Joined:** Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:29 pm **Posts:** 34038

bigfan wrote:

The kid there can join this guy at a new company.

lota jobs for them....just gonna be tough getting that reference.

I just mentioned this in the Kane thread. Once again, they're not accidents.

W_Z · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:46 pm

We apologize to all Jewish people, and promise we have reached a final solution on how to deal with this error.

pittmike · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:11 pm

W_Z wrote:

We apologize to all Jewish people, and promise we have reached a final solution on how to deal with this error.

That is unfortunate.

W_Z · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:13 pm

it's a joke. they didn't say that.

bigfan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:14 pm

“We are investigating how this situation occurred, reviewing our in-house policies and making changes in order to avoid such mistakes happening in the future,” Greg Easterly, president and general manager of WGN, said in a joint statement with Lyons.

Love that they screwed up the text apology! lol

Here is the text of WGN’s apology:

Last night we ran a story to recognize Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. The artwork chosen to accompany the story came from a graphics image bank. Regrettably, we failed to recognize that the image was an offensive Nazi symbol.

We are extremely embarrassed and we deeply apologize to our viewers and to the Jewish community for this mistake.
Ignorance is not an excuse.

Please know we are reviewing our in house policies and changes have already been made to make sure a hurtful oversight like this never happens again.

Thank you for your understanding. We promise to do better.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Lyons
News Director, WGN-TV

Here is the revised text of WGN’s apology:

WGN-TV today issued an apology from General Manager Greg Easterly and News Director Jennifer Lyons, following an error in the September 22 broadcast of WGN News at Nine:

“Last night we ran a story to recognize Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. Regrettably, we failed to recognize that the artwork we chose to accompany the story contained an offensive symbol. This was an unfortunate mistake. Ignorance is not an excuse. We are extremely embarrassed and we deeply apologize to our viewers and to the Jewish community for this mistake.

We are investigating how this situation occurred, reviewing our in-house policies and making changes in order to avoid such mistakes happening in the future. Thank you for your understanding. We promise to do better.”

pittmike · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:15 pm

W_Z wrote:

it's a joke. they didn't say that.

I was also joking.

W_Z · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:16 pm

W_Z · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:17 pm

bigfan wrote:

We are investigating how this situation occurred, reviewing our in-house policies and making changes in order to avoid such mistakes happening in the future. Thank you for your understanding. We promise to do better.”

We did not realize hiring staff who identified with National Alliance was a negative thing. We believed they were from a bank.

bigfan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:19 pm

"We promise to do better" LOL

Douchebag · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:03 pm **Posts:** 43867

W_Z wrote:

We apologize to all Jewish people, and promise we have reached a final solution on how to deal with this error.

bigfan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:00 pm

Interesting comments

Regular Reader · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:37 pm

I guess they had a ton of Sam Zell hatin' types at 'GN.

Maybe some of the "new" owners are trying to suck up to the Ricketts. :wink:

Pitiful.

bigfan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:43 pm

Everyone in the media hates Zell.

Googl up the stories of him buying some movie studio. I dont think it wil come as a shocket to anyone Movie productions waste lotsa of money. Food, RV's etc. he tried to cut it all out and the actors stopped working for him. I think he backed out of that deal.

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