Having some photo fun with the local media

Having some photo fun with the local media
The historical Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)

I meant to share this sooner but totally forgot. A local news station did a story about a very historic place, the Tabor Opera House in Leadville, securing much-needed funding for preservation work. Whoever published the story, sought out a picture of the Tabor Opera House to accompany it.

Apparently, whoever this is, couldn’t tell the difference between a three foot high replica and the real thing. The photo they used was of the one at Tiny Town, a tourist attraction that has many such diminutive replicas of famous buildings here in Colorado. I of course was pretty shocked that this kind of mistake was made – well, maybe not given that it was probably some intern.

Anyway, it was pretty funny so I sent out a tweet to them with one of my pictures of the real thing. Kyle Clark, one of their news anchors responded immediately saying, “I. Have. No. Words. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We’ll fix it immediately.” And indeed they did. 😀

A news story about the historic Tabor Opera House using an image of a replica in Tiny Town. (Screesnhot, KUSA)
A news story about the historic Tabor Opera House using an image of a replica in Tiny Town. (Screesnhot, KUSA)
9News anchor reacts to their error. (Screenshot, Twitter)
9News anchor reacts to their error. (Screenshot, Twitter)
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