Gawker posed a question on Monday that we thought was worth pursuing: “Why Did the Boston Globe Tweet a Photo of a Chocolate Butt Plug?“
The tweet served to promote an article on the memory-boosting effects of an antioxidant in chocolate. But rather bizarrely, appended to the tweet was a photo showing the work of the artist Paul McCarthy, who recently set off an uproar in Paris with a large inflatable sculpture of a butt plug.
The photo tweeted by the Globe showcased that side of the McCarthy oeuvre. There, resting on a table were chocolate incarnations of the Parisian sculpture and the artist’s famed “Butt Plug Gnome.”
An antioxidant in chocolate appears to improve some memory skills people lose with age http://t.co/p5l9Rwjrh8 pic.twitter.com/jCQhrfvXt5
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) October 27, 2014
TPM reached out to the Globe’s social media editor Adrienne Lavidor-Berman on Tuesday, but didn’t receive a response.
Mary Zanor, a public relations professional who does work for the Globe, told TPM she wasn’t immediately familiar with the tweet but said she would look into the matter. A few hours later, Zanor directed us to a tweet from David Skok, the Globe’s digital advisor to the editor, who simply laughed off Gawker’s inquiry.
When we looked at this photo, all we saw was a chocolate elf and his tree. We’re a family newspaper! –> http://t.co/RQjoji6fDz cc @Gawker
— David Skok (@dskok) October 28, 2014
Along with Skok’s playful claim of ignorance, the Globe has allowed the tweet to remain on its timeline.
That tweet came from David’s Cock. I mean…David Skok.
They’d better dip it in a hard candy coating, a la M&M’s.
Butt plug, my ass!..ouch.
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What kind of candy-ass story is this?