Journalist tweets porn tab photo, answers awkward questions

Kurt Eichenwald was doing some awkward searching. Photo / Getty Images

A senior Newsweek writer made quite the gaffe when he posted a photograph revealing his search of Japanese pornography for "tentacle porn".

Kurt Eichenwald, who lives in Dallas with his wife and three children, tweeted an image of an anti-Semitic flyer and in the background of the screengrab was an open tab showing a search for anime pornography.

"Sigh," Eichenwald tweeted Thursday to explain the gaffe. "Ok, I'm a dumbass. Believe it or not, my kids & I were trying to convince my wife that 'tentacle porn' existed. I tried to find some to show her it was real. But I couldn't find any - & ended up w/ this. My family reads my twitter feed, so they know this is true."

Yah, crappy photoshop Max. Unfortunately, no, this is what I got today. pic.twitter.com/jmi1U4wLUd

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) June 8, 2017

Eichenwald tried to downplay the accident and posted the conversation he said he was having with his wife about tentacle porn.

"Theresa ... I'm sorry, this is a stupid question," the message read. "Were our (adult) sons and trying to prove to you that tentacle porn exists?"

"Yes," a reply read. "Still amazes me."

The gaffe caused such a stir on Twitter, some users requested Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey step and put a stop to the awkward explanation.

"I've got nothing left to say about this," Eichwald posted. "Believe what I say or don't. Think my family has odd conversations (we do) or don't. So it goes."