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Celt
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I really want you guys to post this

From Today's STAMFORD ADVOCATE

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Are they kidding me?
I am outraged by it. If you know production you know this was eyeballed & approved.
Their lame apology made it so much worse.

Get the word out.


Our kids deserve better than this.

Let the Stamford Advocate know your Opinion.

Let Gun Show Trader know too.

Let Hearst CT Media hear you.

Posted 1/3/13 10:37 PM
 
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ny55angel
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon That's horrible!!!

And the fact they said it was an "oversight" is disgusting!!

Posted 1/3/13 11:11 PM
 

Goobster
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

OMG is this a joke??????

Posted 1/3/13 11:28 PM
 

Celt
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colette

Re: I really want you guys to post this

Not a joke. It happened.

The publisher apologized and called it an OVERSIGHT.

AN OVERSIGHT

I'm not even kidding this country has lost its goddamned collective mind.

Google it if you want to see it, it's all over FB and Twitter.

Posted 1/3/13 11:49 PM
 

PnM2010
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

this is ridiculous! Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 1/3/13 11:53 PM
 

Goobster
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Posted by colette

Not a joke. It happened.

The publisher apologized and called it an OVERSIGHT.

AN OVERSIGHT

I'm not even kidding this country has lost its goddamned collective mind.

Google it if you want to see it, it's all over FB and Twitter.



OMG that is absolutely disgusting that someone could make such an oversight.

Posted 1/3/13 11:54 PM
 

KwaaksNest
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I really want you guys to post this

OMG....thats is disgusting

Posted 1/4/13 12:03 AM
 

Mrs213
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I really want you guys to post this

My heart just dropped out of my chest. How could they make such an oversight Chat Icon

Posted 1/4/13 12:11 AM
 

jambalady
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Disgusting.Chat Icon

If that was "oversight" then you are too stupid to run a newspaper and should be fired.

If it wasn't an oversight than you are an evil, malicious, insensitive a$$ and deserve to be fired.

Either way I would want heads to roll and hope that everyone unsubscribes to that paper and that advertisers with any heart and sense pull out their ads.

Completely disgraceful.

Posted 1/4/13 9:46 AM
 

MrsDiamondgrlie
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

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I swear whoever did the layout on that page was NOT thinking at all! Well maybe about the money they received for the ad.

Posted 1/4/13 9:49 AM
 

Tulips915
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Posted by jambalady

Disgusting.Chat Icon

If that was "oversight" then you are too stupid to run a newspaper and should be fired.

If it wasn't an oversight than you are an evil, malicious, insensitive a$$ and deserve to be fired.

Either way I would want heads to roll and hope that everyone unsubscribes to that paper and that advertisers with any heart and sense pull out their ads.

Completely disgraceful.


ITA!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 1/4/13 9:51 AM
 

Xelindrya
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I really want you guys to post this

Sorry I had to read it three times before I had any clue what you were talking about. I didn't see it at all.

To some, like me the two are not related. But yes. I do feel this was in poor taste. And definitely too soon and too close.

Posted 1/4/13 9:56 AM
 

peanutbutter2
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Omgosh....that is just terrible

Posted 1/4/13 10:03 AM
 

Jax430
Hi!

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Re: I really want you guys to post this

That is just disgusting! How could someone even take a passing glance and not see what's wrong with that?!!! Chat Icon

Posted 1/4/13 10:06 AM
 

Naner325
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

There is no way this was an oversight in my head. IMO, this was done for a reaction. Either way, it's completely unreal that someone, ANYONE didn't pick up on it

Posted 1/4/13 10:09 AM
 

PaddysGirl
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Disgusting!

"Apology"

Posted 1/4/13 10:10 AM
 

Xelindrya
Mommy's little YouTube Star!

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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Posted by Jax430

That is just disgusting! How could someone even take a passing glance and not see what's wrong with that?!!! Chat Icon



For me, I'm sorry but I tune out all ads. Just like I dont see anything on the right side of facebook. I can't remember a single ad I've seen. HECK I dont even 'see' the ones on the right of THIS website. Its selective viewing. I focus on what I want and ignore the rest.

BUT its not *MY JOB* to check the content before its mass printed....

Posted 1/4/13 10:22 AM
 

Jax430
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

I posted this on FB, and a friend pointed out to me that it said "Fine Arms" instead of "Fire Arms." Apparently, they really need a new copy editor.

Posted 1/4/13 10:39 AM
 

CallaLily
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

I don't buy that it was an oversight. DisgustingChat Icon

Posted 1/4/13 11:10 AM
 

2boys1girl
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Posted by Jax430

I posted this on FB, and a friend pointed out to me that it said "Fine Arms" instead of "Fire Arms." Apparently, they really need a new copy editor.




That's what there called....doesn't make it any less sickening though Chat Icon

Posted 1/4/13 11:11 AM
 

maymama
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

i wholehearedly believe that was NOT an oversight. no way. no how.

Posted 1/4/13 11:12 AM
 

frosty
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Posted by Jax430

I posted this on FB, and a friend pointed out to me that it said "Fine Arms" instead of "Fire Arms." Apparently, they really need a new copy editor.



That would have been handled by either the art department (if they created the ad) or the advertising department. Not by the editorial department.

I work for a group of local newspapers and I can tell you that at least three departments should have seen this before going to press. To a lesser extent editorial, but advertising and production/art should have caught it.

In our case, advertising drives everything. They handle the general layout of each issue (and tell editorial how much space and where in the issue they will put stories). Editorial has zero to do with ads and where they are placed.

Needless to say, if this happened at my job, people would be fired.

Posted 1/4/13 11:15 AM
 

jams92

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Re: I really want you guys to post this

this is terrible
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Posted 1/4/13 11:16 AM
 

Otherme
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

I think this was a very poorly made mistake and unfortunately poured salt on an open wound for a lot of people.

However, i do think it was unintentional and not deliberately done as some people are suggesting. Why on earth would the paper want to bring such negative publicity on themselves like that?

The paper apologized - what else do you expect of them in order to accept it?
Yes, it probably was an oversight, and a dumb one at that. But what else should they have said or done to make it a better apology? The mistake has already happened.

It was an unfortunate mishap, that's all IMO

Posted 1/4/13 12:11 PM
 

lvdolphins
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Re: I really want you guys to post this

Chat Icon Horrible! Absolutley Horrible!

Posted 1/4/13 12:15 PM
 
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