Visitors
to ESPN.com were shocked this morning when an editing snafu landed a
horrific headline onto the front page of their website. At
approximately 6:34 AM, a story appeared about a player from the WNBA's
Minnesota Lynx missing the rest of the season. The article was
published and available for just anyone to see who came onto that front
page.
ESPN began receiving calls at their main offices around
6:37 with irate men screaming about how they had been exposed to a
story relating to the WNBA.
"I come to your site because I want
sports news," said fan Gerald Perkins. "But I go there this morning,
and you assault my eyes and ears with something about the WNBA! It made
me sick inside! That kind of stuff should only be allowed in the wee
hours overnight. What if my kids had stumbled upon this website? I
don't want them exposed to the WNBA!"
ESPN responded quickly by
pulling the article, deleting their entire section on the WNBA, and
firing the web editor responsible for the mixup. Apparently he was
trying to publish a story about Women's Volleyball, which is a fan
favorite on the site due to the fact they all wear bikinis, and none of
them look like giants. But he selected the wrong choice from the
dropdown menu, and the WNBA headline snuck in there.
The staffer says he definitely deserved the firing, and appologizes to anyone who took the time to read this horrific headline.
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