the station also apologized on twitter .
” as chicago wgn anchor tom negovan reports a story on yom kippur , the holiest day in the jewish year , a nazi - era symbol is used to illustrate the segment .
pic.twitter.comz7bnuvgybs — marc karlinsky ( @marckarlinsky ) september 23 , 2015 in a statement posted online , wgn general manager greg easterly and news director jennifer lyons said the picture came from its image bank , and they " failed to recognize that the image was an offensive nazi symbol . "
nobody thought that 's a bad choice of photo ?
a chicago tv station has apologized after it used an image of a star that the nazis forced jews to wear as the station aired a segment about yom kippur , the most solemn day in the jewish year .
the news director of a chicago tv station apologized after a staff member mistakenly chose a symbol of nazi germany to illustrate a story about yom kippur , the jewish day of atonement .
we are truly sorry for inadvertently using an offensive image in our yom kippur story .
marc karlinsky noticed the badge emblazoned with the german word “ jude , ” or jew , on striped material of the kind used in nazi prisoner uniforms .
holy crap,@wgnnews , this is your stock photo for a jewish holiday ?