Golfweek’s editor fired over noose cover
Posted by Media Outrage on January 18, 2008
Golfweek magazine replaced the editor responsible for illustrating the current cover with a noose and apologized Friday for its depiction of a Golf Channel anchor’s use of “lynch” in a comment about Tiger Woods.
“We apologize for creating this graphic cover that received extreme negative reaction from consumers, subscribers and advertisers across the country,” Turnstile Publishing Co. president William P. Kupper Jr. said. “We were trying to convey the controversial issues with a strong and provocative graphic image. It is now obvious that the overall reaction to our cover deeply offended many people. For that, we are deeply apologetic.
Turnstile is the parent company of Golfweek.
The company said Dave Seanor, the vice president and editor of Golfweek, has been replaced immediately by Jeff Babineau.
A copy of the Jan. 19 cover was removed from the magazine’s Web site Friday morning.
Mediaoutrage- Wow that was swift action to fire him.
sweetthang said
these people are getting out of hand! what is it, the year of the noose and racial slur? GEEZ
Nicolaysen said
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