by Matt Margolis, PJ Media:
In yet another example of unprecedented stupidity, the Biden White House, caring most about the visual impact of a photo op, shared an image to social media that literally put lives at risk.
The White House Instagram and X accounts shared a photo of Biden shaking hands with the special forces team tasked with helping free hostages in Gaza without censoring their faces to protect their identities.
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BREAKING: A White House spokesperson tells me that this photo of Pres. Biden meeting with what appears to be a Delta Force team in Israel was posted last night in error. The original photo had faces exposed. This one has the faces covered to protect their identities.
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— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) October 19, 2023
“This is what happens when you value diversity over competence in your hiring process,” Chaya Raichik, who runs the popular Libs of TikTok account on X (formerly Twitter), said. “Everyone involved in that post decision should be fired.”
The White House eventually took the image down, but not before the post was seen by countless internet users, some of whom have since disseminated the photograph to various other sites.
“The picture is from Instagram, but it’s still out there on the internet after they deleted it,” wrote Joel Abbott at Not the Bee. “I found it, faces and all, on a random Kenyan news profile on Facebook!!!”