Last but not least: Fat dogs and dramatic events
For days, the story of the mysterious disappearance of Somali women's rights activist Waris Dirie in Brussels has dominated the media. Now, in the course of its coverage of the case, AOL has really put its foot in its mouth.
The story of the mysterious disappearance of Somali women's rights activist Waris Dirie in Brussels has dominated the media for days. The whole thing is getting more and more convoluted. The former model, who is now an author and UN Special Envoy in the fight against female genital mutilation, has now reappeared, but nobody really knows what happened during the three days she was missing. The 43-year-old herself, who was supposed to accept an award and take part in a conference to mark International Women's Day during those days, speaks of attempted rape and deprivation of liberty by a Brussels cab driver. The Belgian police don't believe a word she says and accuse her of just wanting to provide an excuse for missing important appointments. She was simply out and about in the nightlife. If that's not a big dog. The website Aol.com made another fat dog of itself: as Peter Turi wrote in his blog (
), AOL's ad server had placed an unsavory porn ad above an article about the Dirie case. Although this happens automatically in most cases, it simply should not happen in such cases. Even if you want to make a living from online advertising, you still have to pay attention to a coherent overall concept, blog visitor Sebastian noted. We agree with this opinion.
