Washington Post Express cover slammed as sexist
@WaPoExpress' Thursday morning tweet said it all.
"We made a mistake on our cover this morning and we’re very embarrassed," said Express, the Washington Post's free daily newspaper. "We erroneously used a male symbol instead of a female symbol."
The cover story is about the thousands of women planning to march in Washington, D.C. the day after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. On the print version, hundreds of cartoon women stand on a pink and white backdrop in the shape of a male symbol— not the planned female symbol.
A minute later, the newspaper posted the correct version on Twitter and Facebook.
As with any public flub, Twitter exploded with criticism and blame— calling the publication out for sexism.
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