http://images.chron.com/content/news/photos/04/09/17/brainwashedchild.jpg (revisionist history, the file is now deleted/renamed)
But someone saved it...
Posted on 11/04/2004 5:27:00 PM PST by conelrad
ANOTHER UPDATE: You can see a more complete statement on CNN's homepage -- click the "Netscape responsible for Bush photo insult" link at the top right. But since that's a java box and can't be directly linked, and probably won't be archived anywhere, I'm going to reproduce the full thing in the "extended entry" area below. Hit "read more" to read it.Read More »
Text follows:
Netscape responsible for Bush photo insult
Disparaging image tags used to identify photos of President and Mrs. Bush currently circulating on the Internet were not created, disseminated or posted by CNN at any time, as is alleged. They were done by a junior-level employee of Netscape and posted on Netscape.com. CNN had no knowledge of this until it surfaced on other Web sites.
Netscape, which corrected the situation when it was discovered, has released a statement apologizing for the "inappropriate and disparaging terms" that were used in the image tags -- and saying that the company has terminated the employee.
So there you are.
the employee got sacked, eh?
good!
This is great news. That was terribly unprofessional and rude.
the employee got sacked, eh?
good!
by the way, WE broke this story early this morning.
Follow up ping!
Someone owes us a Wednesday!! LMAO! :)
Who owns CNN?
Who owns Netscape?
Time Warner.
Thanks!
Another victim of right wing facism.
I see no link at cnn or netscape.
No kidding!
I suspect Dan Rather is pi$$ed he didn't think of it first. But, then again, he's too busy saying Iowa and New Mexico are too close to call, and provisional ballots in Ohio should be counted. (ignoring the fact there were provisional ballots in MI and WI).
"PJ WARRIORS"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3758489588&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
http://images.chron.com/content/news/photos/04/09/17/brainwashedchild.jpg (revisionist history, the file is now deleted/renamed)
But someone saved it...
Well, the Pajamaheeden certainly kept them honest, but Netscape can hardly be called the "old media".
Exactly. I received a reply to my e-mail from the AOL/TW investor relations folks earlier today which disavowed Netscape's shenanigans as though it were some non-related company they weren't responsible for - it's in the AOL/Time Warner/CNN corporate group, for heaven's sake, but they're acting like they never heard of 'em before, LOL!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270469/posts
This has a screen shot of the file name.
Nice catch. That one was headed for the memory hole.
Ping!
Wonder where they buried him?
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