Owen Jones felt forced to apologise this morning after the Guardian illustrated his column on grime artist and antisemite Wiley for rapper Kano. The image remained incorrect for over an hour this morning. Update: 30/07/20.
The Guardian newspaper has been mercilessly mocked after publishing a story on black British rapper Wiley - who has become embroiled in an anti-Semitism storm in recent days - with a picture of grime artist, Kano. A picture of Grime star Kano was used in an article addressing Wiley's recent anti-Semitic posts. ‘Grime artist Wiley – with his half a million followers – unleashed a tirade of undiluted antisemitism on to Twitter.’ Photograph: Ollie Millington/Redferns Wed 29 Jul 2020 01.00 EDT The Guardian Newspaper was under fire yesterday (Wednesday, July 29th) after Twitter users pointed out a huge blunder on their news site. The Guardian mix-up a photo of Wiley and Kano. The Guardian rightly came under fire yesterday after it published a column by Owen Jones discussing Wiley's antisemitic tirade and mistakenly accompanying it with a picture of Kano… Guardian Mixes Up Rapper Kano For Wiley . OWEN Jones was forced to apologise after The Guardian published a photo of rapper Kano instead of Wiley in his column on racism.
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By Matt Tarr @MattTarrJourno.