The publication published a photo of actor Guy Pearce with his Palestinian flag pin edited out, an error that was quickly noticed on social media and called out as censorship.
“We have published by mistake a modified version of this photo on the site,” the magazine wrote
Lol riiight, that’s believable. Why did you modify the photo in the first place? Someone had to actually do a couple minutes of work to remove the pin.
I wish people would just own their mistakes, not tell condescending and unbelievable lies about them. We’re not as stupid as they think we are.
“We were trying really hard to cover up any controversy so that everyone thinks everyone else is okay with genocide, making them less likely to speak out themselves,” is a really bad look. Obvious bullshit is much more palatable to the masses. (See: Donald Trump)
Lol riiight, that’s believable. Why did you modify the photo in the first place? Someone had to actually do a couple minutes of work to remove the pin.
I wish people would just own their mistakes, not tell condescending and unbelievable lies about them. We’re not as stupid as they think we are.
Aren’t we though?
“We were trying really hard to cover up any controversy so that everyone thinks everyone else is okay with genocide, making them less likely to speak out themselves,” is a really bad look. Obvious bullshit is much more palatable to the masses. (See: Donald Trump)
At best it was one rogue employee making the edit and pushing it through. But they lose credit for that by not stating that in the apology.
“My wife put that flag up after a dispute with our neighbor.”
Headline: Should Justice Alito be blamed for his wife’s neighbor feud?
It doesn’t even matter if those of us that frequent sites like lemmy believe it. Because much more powerful forces control the narrative.