Is Anthony Weiner already suffering electoral dysfunction?
The newly minted mayoral candidate had his first snafu Thursday after members of the blogosphere, studying his recently launched campaign site, realized the urban backdrop on it wasn’t New York City.
It was Pittsburgh.
For the first several days of Weiner’s campaign, the top of the his official site, www.anthonyweiner.com, showed a faded image of an urban setting over a blue backdrop.
Most viewers simply assumed it was New York City, given that Weiner, a Brooklyn native, is, in fact, running to be the city’s next mayor.
But on Thursday, several Pittsburgh bloggers and tweeters, including an employee at the University of Pittsburgh, noticed that the photo appeared to contain images of the Roberto Clemente Bridge and other “Steel City” landmarks.
The image, however, was changed around 4 p.m. Thursday, to an urban landscape resembling New York City as news of the embarrassing mistake spread.
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