“ In comments to the ombudsman’s call-in line (202.334.7582), one reader said, “the picture of two guys kissing makes me cringe.” Another called it “ridiculous,” adding: “Put it on page 10 or page four, put it in the paper, but I do not like it right there where I can’t avoid looking at it.”
Ombudsman Blog - Readers react to photo of two men kissing
At a paper I worked at not far from D.C., I would field complaints every time we put a picture of a black person on the front page. And I got yelled at when we did a Black History Month story.
The moral, of course, being: Newspaper readers are often reactionary idiots, particularly those who call in to complain. If they’re uncomfortable, that’s a good thing.
Source: Washington Post
