Posted on 09/24/2015 7:01:49 AM PDT by SJackson
A Chicago television news station made a truly unfortunate art choice to accompany a segment on the Jewish High Holidays on Wednesday: the yellow Star of David that Jews were legally required to wear during the Holocaust.
The stock photo was first flagged by a Chicago editor, who posted a screenshot of the WGN news broadcast online.
The station responded to apologize for the art choice about 30 minutes later, and said in a tweet the image was "inadvertently" used.
In a statement posted online, the station said the picture came from its image bank, and they "failed to recognize that the image was an offensive Nazi symbol."
"We are extremely embarrassed and we deeply apologize to our viewers and to the Jewish community for this mistake," the WGN statement said. "Ignorance is not an excuse."
The station was also taking apologies to its viewers out of the public sphere, with "J. Lyons, News Dir." directing individual users to direct message WGN's account.
European Jews were legally required to wear the yellow badge on their clothing beginning after Kristallnacht in November, 1938, but the anti-Semitic practice of forcing Jewish citizens to don an identifying badge dates back to the 13th century.
Most of the posters are assuming this was a mistake. You have to remember this is the liberal hellhole of Chicago.
I am certain it was an intentional insult to all Jews.
Isn’t today’s media great? Insult an entire race and then post an “apology” online and get away with it.
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