It was a big oversight…
The Washington Post Express has apologised and expressed its “embarrassment” for a mix up which was published on the front page of their paper.
The Express, a free daily from the Washington Post, lead with a story about a 150,000 strong women’s rights march. But the paper used an image of a male symbol instead of a female symbol on their front page, and social media wasn’t slow to let them know all about it.
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 Morales (@kimmybetsill) January 5, 2017
Massive failure @WaPoExpress i don't know whether to laugh or cry. Maybe both. #whoops #thatsnotright #editingisourfriend pic.twitter.com/sR27SqTnxE
— Celestia (@ginjasnappy) January 5, 2017
The newspaper was quick to apologise for their oversight as they issued a tweet stating their embarrassment over the use of the incorrect symbol.
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.
— Washington Post Express (@WaPoExpress) January 5, 2017
The paper revealed that they’ll be addressing the mistake in tomorrow’s paper and it will also include the correct image below.
This is how the cover should have looked. We apologize for the mistake. pic.twitter.com/MKKOkHPV8T
— Washington Post Express (@WaPoExpress) January 5, 2017
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