Paper Apologizes For Publishing 'Assassinate Obama' Ad

[democracy1st]

WARREN, Pa. — A northwestern Pennsylvania newspaper is apologizing for running a classified advertisement calling for the assassination of President Barack Obama.

Warren Times Observer Publisher John Elchert says the ad appeared Thursday. It read, "May Obama follow in the steps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy!" The four presidents were all assassinated.

Elchert tells The Associated Press that the newspaper's advertising staff didn't make the historical connection.

He says the newspaper turned information over to police and that the Secret Service is investigating the person who placed the ad.

A note in Friday's paper says the newspaper "apologizes for the oversight."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/paper-apologizes-for-publ_n_209099.html

[derby378]

1. This is what we call being "asleep at the wheel"

Lack of education is a dangerous thing.

[PretzelWarrior]

2. wow. their classified ad revenue is down...and the ones they are getting are felony threats

if it wasn't for bad luck, the newspapers wouldn't have no luck at all.

[katty]

3. the oversight? o puleezzzzeeeee

[Happyhippychick]

4. Apologizes? Isn't it a federal offense with mandatory jail time?

[Renew Deal]

5. For who?

The editor? It should be for the person that submitted the ad.

[uponit7771]

6. YES!!! For the editor AND the submitter!! It is ILLEGAL to talk of killin a head of state foreign..

...or domestic

[KansDem]

7. "...the newspaper's advertising staff didn't make the historical connection."

Really?

I mean Garfield and McKinley may have been a bit of a stretch, but come on!: Lincoln and Kennedy? Those two should have been sooooo obvious!

I guess you really don't need a brain to do advertising...

[BlooInBloo]

8. "We all remember what happened to Robert Kennedy".

[SemiCharmedQuark]

9. Most people don't know about McKinley and Garfield.

I can't fault the editor for that. It seems like a mistake.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. The Secret Service will explain it to him.

They're nice that way.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Close-up photo of the purchaser, along with address would be a nice gesture

[EV_Ares]

12. This shows also why education is important & ours is in the dumpster where

it says these people did not make the connection. Every year this country gets dumb and dumber except for a lot of others that come in from other countries, China, India, Vietnam, etc; where they are better educated.

Didn't make the connection! working in a newspaper office. Wow.

[Top Cat]

13. Yeah... I say oversight my As-

The newspaper need to do more than what is being done.