San Diego Paper Apologizes For Gun Show Ad Next To Shooting Story

Senior Jenni Meyers, center, is hugged by her sister Mary as they leave a church with their mother Julie after they were reunited after a shooting at nearby Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., on Friday, Dec. ... Senior Jenni Meyers, center, is hugged by her sister Mary as they leave a church with their mother Julie after they were reunited after a shooting at nearby Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said the shooter shot two others at the school, before apparently killing himself. MORE LESS
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The San Diego Union Tribune this weekend apologized for running a gun show ad on the same page as a news story about the school shooting at  Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo. 

The ad, which offered $1 off admission to the Western Americana and Gun Show, ran in Saturday’s newspaper, according to Poynter

David Rolland, the editor of San Diego CityBeat, posted a picture of the page on Twitter:

On Sunday, the newspaper ran an apology stating that the “adjacency was unintentional, and U-T San Diego apologizes for the oversight.” 

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