Some Questions Are Really Best Left Unasked Online

Henry Blodget is co-founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief at Business Insider – and the talk of Twitter today for a misguided piece originally posted with  the headline “Why Do People Hate Jews?

The post came under fire almost immediately – not only for the headline and seemingly transparent attempt to garner clicks, but also for the ridiculous photo that accompanied it:

 

Unfortunately, it seems Blodget was a little slow on the uptake, misguidedly making light of the post initially:

But then some seriously ticked off responses started heading his way:

The changes to the post followed soon after.

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