AJC: GA lottery winner can get 40 acres and a whole lotta mules.

• SCREENSHOT

- Whoever is running the AJC Twitter account has a breathtakingly misguided sense of humor. In case you need a history lesson, here are the basic facts of "40 acres and a mule." (The tweet has already been deleted.)

UPDATE: The AJC has apologized for the tweet via Twitter:

The AJC apologizes for & deeply regrets the tweet that was posted earlier today. We are working to address this situation internally.
- AJC (@ajc) October 23, 2013

UPDATE, 2:22 p.m.: We've been told that AJC higher-ups have called for a staff meeting to be held later this afternoon.

UPDATE, 3:34 p.m.: We've received this statement from Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor Kevin Riley:

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution sincerely regrets an earlier Twitter message that contained an inappropriate statement. We took immediate action to apologize via social media and on our website and will issue an apology in Thursday morning's print edition. We do not condone such offensive messages and are reviewing our procedures to ensure this type of error does not happen again. Additionally, we are taking the appropriate disciplinary action with the individuals involved.

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