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New York- Here is what happens when Journalists are under heavy deadlines to be the first ones to beat the world to the news without checking their sources and crossing their dots. A monumental blunder happened and it should be worthy of a correction by AP.
This was the case with this mislabeled photo that was published by the giant Associated Press, and is now being picked as is and shared by various news organizations around the world. Above the picture the headline in bald letters screams error of the first kind: “King Mohamed VI of Morocco, left, and FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter”.
Below the headline the time and date stamp of the news release with the name Matthias Shraeder December 21, 2:03 PM AP Sports.
The following caption was written below the picture: “King Mohamed VI. of Morocco, left, and FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter arrive for the third place soccer match between Guangzhou Evergrande FC and Atletico Mineiro at the Club World Cup tournament in Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)”
The person in the picture is Not the King of Morocco but the Moroccan Minister of Youth and Sports Mr. Ouzzine and the person next to him was correctly identified as the President of FIFA Mr. Joseph Sepp Blatter.
King Mohammed appears in the following picture along with FIFA president entering the pitch of Marrakech stadium.
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Mistakes like this tend to happen in the news world, but not one of this reckless nature. Hopefully AP will realize this blunder and correct the caption.
