[gokenin]

The DNC in order to honor American soldiers at the convention use Russian ships in the backdrop.

Navy Times Mobile - Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets

The background — featured in the carefully choreographed hour leading up to the president’s Sept. 6 speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination — showed four ships with radar designs not used in the U.S. fleet.

For example, the ship in the foreground, on the far right, has a square radar antenna at the top of its masthead. That is the MR-700 Podberezovik 3-D early warning radar, commonly identified as “Flat Screen” for its appearance, a three-dimensional early warning radar mounted on the Kerch, said Eric Wertheim, editor of “Combat Fleets of the World.”


Do they even check things or did some idiot just google naval ships and thought these looked cool and didn't care what country they were from ?

[jeffkrol]

The DNC in order to honor American soldiers at the convention use Russian ships in the backdrop.

Navy Times Mobile - Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets

The background — featured in the carefully choreographed hour leading up to the president’s Sept. 6 speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination — showed four ships with radar designs not used in the U.S. fleet.

For example, the ship in the foreground, on the far right, has a square radar antenna at the top of its masthead. That is the MR-700 Podberezovik 3-D early warning radar, commonly identified as “Flat Screen” for its appearance, a three-dimensional early warning radar mounted on the Kerch, said Eric Wertheim, editor of “Combat Fleets of the World.”


Do they even check things or did some idiot just google naval ships and thought these looked cool and didn't care what country they were from ?

Vendor error...............

BUT look they apologized.. something in short supply........

The Democratic National Convention Committee apologized Wednesday for featuring pictures of Russian warships during a tribute to veterans at the party's convention last week, citing a "vendor error" and expressing the hope that the message had not been lost.

"Due to vendor error, incorrect images appeared briefly on screen behind fifty-one veterans during the convention and the DNCC apologizes for this mistake," a convention official said in a statement. "This error should not distract from the words of Admiral Nathman and others who spoke to President Obama's strong record on issues that impact those who have served our nation."

As the Navy Times first reported Tuesday, images of Russian navy ships were pictured during a convention speech by retired Adm. John Nathman, a former commander of Fleet Forces Command, who lauded the nation's veterans for their service.

According to the Navy Times, the ships featured were not only not American naval ships - they were "the very Soviet-era combatants that Nathman and Cold Warriors like him had once squared off against."

Dems apologize for Russian ship imagery at convention - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

I know apologies are a sign of weakness................ blah

[GeneV]

Well, at least the organizers apologized rather than doubling down on the mistake or making up some reason it was intentional.

Postscript: I see Jeff already said something similar.

[gokenin]

Was not attacking was simply saying that the fact checkers should be fired for that kind of screwup. Also notice the thread title done for a chuckle

[jeffkrol]

Was not attacking was simply saying that the fact checkers should be fired for that kind of screwup. Also notice the thread title done for a chuckle

Oh I am sorry... it IS funny.........................

Sometimes it's hard to tell "chuckle" from "sarcastic chuckle".......................

I feel sorry for the "clip art" collector who threw the wrong slide in........... dang there I go again w/ that empathy thing..

[seacapt]

Was not attacking was simply saying that the fact checkers should be fired for that kind of screwup. Also notice the thread title done for a chuckle

You haven't been around PR much for a while so you probably forgot that it's never funny if it makes a Dem/Lib look bad.

[GeneV]

You haven't been around PR much for a while so you probably forgot that it's never funny if it makes a Dem/Lib look bad.

There is also the factor of it being easier for a Jewish person to make a joke about Jewish people, black person to make a joke about other black people,.... you get the idea.

[graphicgr8s]

Or it was an omen.