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murielm99

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65. Because I don't know that,

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 12:35 AM

Sep 2015

and because I am unsure about the appropriate image, I would ask, respectfully. I have friends who are observant Jews. I would ask them. Don't tell me there are no observant Jews at the TV station, who could suggest the correct words and images!

Was this intentional? Who knows? Someone should be fired.

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Chicago TV Station Wishes Jews Happy Yom Kippur with Nazi Emblem [View all] Stuart G Sep 2015 OP

I just don't think this was an accident Sam_Fields Sep 2015 #1

Would not be surprised Stuart G Sep 2015 #2

Of course it was an accident. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 #9

This was intentional, not a mistake. For shame these racist, bigoted media people. appalachiablue Sep 2015 #34

A Jewish man wearing the yellow star walks along a street in Nazi Germany. appalachiablue Sep 2015 #39

Does anyone think this was an accident? L- Striped prison clothing with the Nazi yellow star appalachiablue Sep 2015 #83

I have trouble believing that was an accident. yardwork Sep 2015 #68

I am willilng to entertain the idea of an accident because of profound ignorance. Behind the Aegis Sep 2015 #86

oh come on. Some idiot looked for a Star of David image and accidentally used this one uhnope Sep 2015 #52

I don't even think the news needs to mention the day yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #77

You also don't wish people a "Happy Yom Kippur" oberliner Sep 2015 #3

"May you have an easy fast" is appropriate, I think. n/t ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #38

That was what President Obama tweeted oberliner Sep 2015 #41

Because I don't know that, murielm99 Sep 2015 #65

One would think a news station would have access to researchers. yardwork Sep 2015 #71

Exactly. This was intentional by somebody still_one Sep 2015 #42

Tends to reinforce my feeling that this was intentional. yardwork Sep 2015 #69

exactly restorefreedom Sep 2015 #94

Stupid or crazy? packman Sep 2015 #4

if it was the morning news with robin and gang marym625 Sep 2015 #5

This one will be seen all over the world.. Stuart G Sep 2015 #6

good. They need serious anchors, news and behind the scenes stuff marym625 Sep 2015 #8

The web site says it was last night. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 #14

interesting marym625 Sep 2015 #16

Happy Yom Kippur, everybody!! Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #7

WOW marym625 Sep 2015 #12

Oh my Fucking god. n/t SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #21

wow, just wow irisblue Sep 2015 #27

Good lord, not only was it the symbol, but it's ON STRIPED CLOTHING! arcane1 Sep 2015 #33

Mmm mmm. SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #36

It's not something I ever expected to see on US local news. Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #46

Some Americans are foreign born Holly Merry Sep 2015 #58

The entire news staff? Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #63

no---is that photoshopped or what was used in the broadcast? wordpix Sep 2015 #59

No that was the actual broadcast. Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #64

crazy! No one thought to ask, "What does 'Jude' on the star mean?" wordpix Sep 2015 #95

What they said: "we failed to recognize that the image was an offensive Nazi symbol." Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #10

par for the course with this crew marym625 Sep 2015 #13

That is crazy oberliner Sep 2015 #28

"We failed to recognize that the image was an offensive Nazi symbol"? SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #37

Obviously the editor (no disrespect) is under 30. Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #43

I was thinking the opposite. SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #67

How many US adults are NOT smarter than a 5th grader? Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #75

ZING! You're on a roll! SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #89

You may be on to something! Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #91

Elmer, shouldn't you SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #93

Well, you know how people lie on the internets Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #90

O. M. G. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #11

That is exactly what I thought. How stupid can they be? Stuart G Sep 2015 #15

SCHEDULING STUART G. FOR ASS KICKING Skittles Sep 2015 #44

No limit? jberryhill Sep 2015 #54

there is stupidity EVERYWHERE Skittles Sep 2015 #60

So that's just the way it is? jberryhill Sep 2015 #61

LOL - EXACTLY Skittles Sep 2015 #62

Oh, come on nichomachus Sep 2015 #17

Any student who doesnt know that symbol went to a shitty school. 7962 Sep 2015 #20

Not true -- not true at all nichomachus Sep 2015 #32

Well, today I'd have to agree with post #45 7962 Sep 2015 #53

Where is this college? yardwork Sep 2015 #73

Really? leftynyc Sep 2015 #96

GOOGLING IS VERY HARD FOR 20-YEAR -OLDS Skittles Sep 2015 #45

I disagree. I know lots of kids in their 20s and they probably know more about the Holocaust yardwork Sep 2015 #72

Well...then there is this... Behind the Aegis Sep 2015 #87

I'm sorry but "kids today" who have no clue about the Holocaust shouldn't be working news. Gormy Cuss Sep 2015 #82

The dumbing down of America continues. n/t radicalliberal Sep 2015 #18

And accelerates. tabasco Sep 2015 #79

Yep. radicalliberal Sep 2015 #92

"happy" Yom Kippur? Matariki Sep 2015 #19

Yeah, a little like "Happy Memorial Day" JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #23

Yeah, but a news station has the luxury of time to Google Matariki Sep 2015 #24

Ah, that's true. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #26

It's much better to just say Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #47

Holy S*** CanonRay Sep 2015 #22

I hate Illinois Nazis geardaddy Sep 2015 #25

+10. appalachiablue Sep 2015 #49

Thread winner. yardwork Sep 2015 #74

On prison stripe cloth. douggg Sep 2015 #29

you can guess how it happened Holly Merry Sep 2015 #30

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2015 #66

You have to understand...... Timmy5835 Sep 2015 #31

Uneducated children with BAs Holly Merry Sep 2015 #35

Yom HaShoah is Holocaust Remembrance Day Holly Merry Sep 2015 #40

I wouldn't have known either, and I went to a decent-enough school jmowreader Sep 2015 #48

or an older person Holly Merry Sep 2015 #56

I understand the mistake. I wouldn't have known taught_me_patience Sep 2015 #50

How could you not know? Codeine Sep 2015 #76