Netscape responsible for Bush photo insult [image filename a**hole.jpg, employee fired]

CNN via Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit ^ | 11/04/04 | unknown

[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.

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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.

[perfect stranger]

I remember that.

"Pajamagrams" LOL

[Charlotte Corday]

We're all out of bubble gum here on FR. Chin up!

[Just Lori]

What pathetic sophomoric whiners! The democrats are indeed on the path of self destruction. They don't need anybody's help.

[GeronL]

YUP. First noticed on FR by someone who posted about six vanities... until they got attention. =o)

[GeronL]

Great idea... make the MSM scared of us

[Terpfen]

Oh, man, Slashdot. "Never will you find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

That site is what you get when you combine rabid liberalism with fanboy fanaticism.

[RedWing9]

Bush can finally be blamed for someone losing their job!

[VaBthang4]

$5.00 for screensaving, cropping, uploading and finally linking?

No my brother.

$0.05 maybe....

[asgardshill]

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.

Any chance of publicizing this employee's name and address? A healthy dose of public exposure and shame for the little jerk might do it some good.

[blondee123]

They'll learn....people are watching them now.

They are slow learners, even Rathergate hasn't taught them that WE are watching.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Purges of the leftists are in order everywhere when they do blatant acts such as this.

[Grampa Dave]

Free Republic does another service for the good of America.

Warning to all corporations who answer to the SEC, this behavior will not be tolerated. Stock owners do not want precious corporate resources to be use to savage President Bush.

[Dog Gone]

The left likes to think of themselves as "intellectual." I tend to think of them as "juvenile."

[beezdotcom]

the employee got sacked, eh?

Yes, but I think we still need to sack those responsible for sacking those responsible, just for good measure.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

my wife reported that on the local news yesterday evening, there was a live report about the bank robbers in Dallas. As the talking head described the BOLO for "two bank robbers," two pics of Bush flashed up on the screen.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

As the talking head described the BOLO for "two bank robbers," two pics of Bush flashed up on the screen.

Huh?

[OXENinFLA]

[Corin Stormhands]

-- and saying that the company has terminated the employee.

Maybe he can get a job with the Kerry Administration...

~snicker~

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi:

Workplace blues in election aftermath

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

News anchor was saying, "Police are looking for two bank robbers who blahblahblah..." As she was saying that, along with a live shot of one of the banks, two pictures of Bush were flashed on the screen. I assume it was some newsroom hack's attempt at a joke.