WaPo goofs, puts male symbol on cover about anti-Trump women's march
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If you thought your Thursday wasn’t going well, spare a thought for the design team at The Washington Post’s “Express” – the paper's free daily edition -- who managed to make a front page gaffe for the ages.
The Express’ cover story was on the Women’s March on Washington – an anti-Trump protest planned for the day after Inauguration Day. With a headline of “The modest start of a massive march,” the glitzy cover featured an image of a gender symbol made up of marchers.
Only it was the wrong gender symbol. Someone on the team apparently mixed them up, using the male instead of the female icon.
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Shout out to The Washington Post Express who accidentally put the MALE symbol for the WOMAN'S march on their cover today pic.twitter.com/xGS0XE8RTd
— Kimberly Betsill (@kimmybetsill) January 5, 2017
The image quickly went viral.
They're clueless about a universal 265-year-old sex symbol, but they're qualified to police fake news for you. https://t.co/d27LOSGFM1
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 5, 2017
Express eventually deleted its tweet publicizing the cover, and quickly apologized.
They also showed how the cover was supposed to look, and later added that a corrected image will be distributed in its print edition on Friday.
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We made a mistake on our cover this morning and we’re very embarrassed. We erroneously used a male symbol instead of a female symbol.
— Express (@WaPoExpress) January 5, 2017
This is how the cover should have looked. We apologize for the mistake. pic.twitter.com/MKKOkHPV8T
— Express (@WaPoExpress) January 5, 2017