Washington Post Defends Pic Of Men Kissing

by Drew Grant | 8:04 pm, March 9th, 2010

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Wow, The Washington Post‘s Andrew Alexander certainly has been keeping himself busy. Just yesterday the ombudsman had to untangle the complicated web of conflicting Rahm Emanuel stories in the same paper. Today he’s getting emails and calls from irate readers that thought the accompanying picture from a story about same-sex marriage licenses were the “kind of stuff makes normal people want to throw up.”

Alexander’s reaction was more classy than his readers:

“There was a time, after court-ordered integration, when readers complained about front-page photos of blacks mixing with whites. Today, photo images of same-sex couples capture the same reality of societal change.”

And if you don’t like it, feel free to cancel your Post subscription and live in the alternate reality where the news only reflects what you want to hear. It’s called cable.

Andrew Alexander, Washington Post, Washington Post ombudsman

Snipzor

People flipped out over that image? It’s by far the tamest kiss anyone can give to another, this is so unlike the 90′s in which they would always show two completely unattractive gay stereotypes making out like mad and here we have a bunch of fools freaking out over literally nothing. Well, they are challenging their bigotry, which is nice.
http://www.sailrabbits.com Magister

One might say that twenty-seven subscription cancellations are twenty-seven too many in the current newspaper environment, but I’m pretty sure the Post can weather the storm.
http://lauriebethsgrotto.wordpress.com Laurie Beth

Nice burn at the end there, Mr. Grant. Kudos to Andrew Alexander and The Washington Post for that response.