Drudge Report confuses Abedin for Suu Kyi in photo

Source: The Hill

The Drudge Report on Tuesday ran an inaccurate photo claiming to portray Hillary Clinton consoling the recently separated Huma Abedin.

The photo showed Clinton hugging a woman who conspicuously does not have a ring on, above the headline “WEINER FREE! WEDDING BAND OFF…”

But the other woman in the photo was not Abedin, but Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese politician and diplomat.

The error was caught by NBC Nightly News senior news editor and writer Bradd Jaffy:

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/293773-drudge-report-confuses-abedin-for-suu-kyi-in-photo

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Matt was so giddy to play to tinfoil rumors and gay-bait Clinton, that he didn't bother to read the captions on his photos before posting.



It was a pretty famous photo and big moment of her term as secretary, but rightwingers, being utterly ignorant of international news, failed to notice it: