Boston ABC Affiliate Gets Earful After Using Photo of Deceased Convicted Murderer Aaron Hernandez for Patriots Story
Aaron Hernandez
Bostonâs ABC affiliate WCVB TV was forced to withstand the slings and arrows of sports fans after using a stock photo of the recently deceased convicted murderer  Aaron Hernandez   to illustrate a story on the teamâs big playoffs win last weekend.
As the Patriots wrapped up their battle to win yet another opportunity to play at the Super Bowl  WCVB posted a tweet celebrating the teamâs win. However  the tweet featured a photo of  Aaron Hernandez   who was convicted of murder  committed suicide  and hasnât played football since 2012.
For its part  the station tweeted out an explanation saying that someone just grabbed a stock photo of the Patriots and it was just an unfortunate coincidence that it was a photo of  Hernandez .
A news service that provides WCVB some digital content accidentally posted a pic of  Aaron Hernandez  in connection w/Pats AFC champ win on our social media. It's embarrassing & unacceptable. We apologize & are working w/team to correct so something like this never happens again. â WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) January 22  2018
Bostonâs ABC affiliate WCVB TV was forced to withstand the slings and arrows of sports fans after using a stock photo of the recently deceased convicted murderer   [TGT] to illustrate a story on the teamâs big playoffs win last weekend.
As the Patriots wrapped up their battle to win yet another opportunity to play at the Super Bowl  WCVB posted a tweet celebrating the teamâs win. However  the tweet featured a photo of  Aaron Hernandez   who was convicted of murder  committed suicide  and hasnât played football since 2012.
For its part  the station tweeted out an explanation saying that someone just grabbed a stock photo of the Patriots and it was just an unfortunate coincidence that it was a photo of  [TGT]  .
A news service that provides WCVB some digital content accidentally posted a pic of  Aaron Hernandez  in connection w/Pats AFC champ win on our social media. It's embarrassing & unacceptable. We apologize & are working w/team to correct so something like this never happens again. â WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) January 22  2018