Andy Murray was the hero of Wimbledon after correcting a sexist reporter about the Williams’ sisters record at the tournament. If only The Wall Street Journal had taken a lesson from him.
The paper is in hot
Ironically, the story in question was about 18-year-old Austrian Jurij Rodionov, whose royal blue undergarments were visible during a Wimbledon match. Venus Williams" class="company-link">Venus Williams was mentioned in passing because she too had to change her pink bra during the tournament, but the photo and problematic caption still weren’t necessary.
The Journal did apologize for its error—but strangely, they screenshot the offending tweet for posterity.
A tweet promoting our story on Wimbledon's clothing rules was seen by some as insensitive. This wasn't our intent. We have deleted the tweet pic.twitter.com/3mi57XvhTX
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 13, 2017
Twitter continued to hold the paper’s feet to the fire and connected the tweet to bigger issues like newsroom diversity.
"was seen by some as insensitive" is the same kind of fake apology as "sorry you felt that way"
— lauren perez silva (@lo_alexandra) July 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/KMKelleher/status/885526477562839041
— Chris Kimberley (@ChrisJKimbers) July 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/P_Earle1/status/885527188195463168
https://twitter.com/MeicoSweets/status/885566944396681216
gee I wonder why people saw that as insensitive https://t.co/LN3xdKU3J5
— bart (@bart_smith) July 13, 2017
Man. Y'all are such pieces of shit.https://t.co/OEWOLM8sAQ
— Natrill (@NatAnglin) July 13, 2017
Glaring example of the need for diversity in the newsroom. https://t.co/RsHcmZ0wje
— Trey Williams (@Trey3Williams) July 13, 2017
Looks like the Journal should’ve taken a page from Murray’s playbook.
