"Those reading on desktop probably just saw the article as intended: “Who’s Running in 2028?”, a wide-ranging consideration of the vast field of potential candidates for the Democratic and Republican nominations for the Presidency, with each candidate represented by a small, circular portrait. Those reading the same newsletter on their mobile device, however, saw something notably different if that device was set on Dark Mode: Kamala Harris and Marjorie Taylor Greene both looking like they had suffered from a serious dental misadventure. The gap-toothed image seen above is how each of their portraits loaded for users viewing the newsletter in Dark Mode."
"This is, first and foremost, mildly amusing on the level of a visual gag—they look like lost members of the Little Rascals cast, or like they’re working on makeup for hobo Halloween costumes. But at the same time, you sort of have to wonder: Why these two, specifically? Does someone in The New York Times design department want to head off any accusations of partisan bias in their schoolyard graffiti by drawing from both the left and right sides of the aisle? Why no gap-toothed gentlemen? What, do we not deserve the “doodling on the portrait of someone you dislike in the school yearbook” treatment?"
"The NYT newsletter in question quietly received a correction at the bottom of the page this morning, acknowledging the error: “Because of a technical glitch, some images in an earlier version of this newsletter appeared with errors when viewed in Dark Mode. The images have been updated to fix the issue.” Nevertheless, the gap-toothed images remain visible for me in the already delivered version of the"
A daily presidential-candidate newsletter displayed circular portraits of potential Democratic and Republican nominees. On desktop, the portraits appeared as intended, but on mobile devices set to Dark Mode, Kamala Harris and Marjorie Taylor Greene loaded with visibly incorrect, gap-toothed images. The mismatch created a visual gag and raised questions about why those specific figures were affected. A correction was later added at the bottom of the page, stating that a technical glitch caused some images to appear with errors in Dark Mode and that the images were updated to fix the issue. Despite the update, the incorrect images could still remain visible for some users who had already received the earlier version.
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