BuzzFeed Fixes Whorish Headline-Photo Pairing
A story at BuzzFeed from yesterday has been adjusted after FBDC pointed out its awkward headline and photo choice.
The original BuzzFeed story, by Rosie Gray, was written under the headline “Another Problem at Conservative Conference: Whorishness.” Accompanying the story was a large photo of conservative blogger Melissa Clouthier, who had written a post on her own blog about “slut”-like attendees at CPAC last weekend.
We pointed out that an inattentive reader could easily mistake the “whorish” headline as referring to Clouthier in the photo.
BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith contacted us to note that a
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