August 9, 2012

Twitter user Barry Taylor shared a very unfortunate photo caption error made by the Western Mail of Wales:

As reported by the U.K.’s Press Gazette, the tweet spread quickly. A spokesman for the paper’s parent company told the Gazette:

The caption error in today’s Western Mail is under internal investigation. We apologise for any offence this error may have caused.

Hat tip to McClatchy Watch.

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