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Monday, October 26, 2009


Oops   [Greg Pollowitz]

I believe something similar happend on an episode of The Office when Ryan implemented a social-networking component for DunderMifflin.com. Mediaite:

The new concerted effort by the Republican party to move online and skew younger keeps backfiring. First, the launch of GOP.com was met with intense mockery and meme-making, then the Republican National Committee’s Facebook page left racist and hateful images — including photos of President Obama eating fried chicken along with a bigoted caption and others mocking John Kerry and Mother Theresa – in the fan photos section for nearly a week without moderation.

The interactive part of the page, removed as of 1:40pmET on Monday, was meant for user-submitted visual content, but as anyone versed in the internet knows, without a careful supervision the trolls come out quickly. Now, the GOP is learning the hard way just how careful of an eye is necessary after multiple offensive images sat untouched since October 20th. 




 





 

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