Connecticut School Shooting Victims Were Shit as Many as 11 Times abcn.ws/U2RXk5
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(@Nightline) December 15, 2012Wow. As Twitchy reported, the media has gotten plenty wrong in its rush to report on the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., but this tweet is particularly unfortunate.
.@Nightline just tweeted "shit" instead of "shot" to 1.4 million followers. Whoops.—
Brendan O'Byrne (@BrendanOByrne) December 15, 2012
Can't even with this typo #Proofreading101 MT @Nightline: Connecticut School Shooting Victims Were Shit as Many as 11 Times—
Shawn Pasternak (@ShawnCP92) December 15, 2012
proofing is good before posting. RT @Nightline: Connecticut School Shooting Victims Were Shit as Many as 11 Times abcn.ws/U2RXk5—
Shelly (@Shelly373) December 15, 2012
Someone's getting fired at Nightline. RT @Nightline Connecticut School Shooting Victims Were Shit as Many as 11 Times abcn.ws/U2RXk5—
Calvin (@aurosan) December 15, 2012
Nightline was quick to delete it and issue a corrected tweet.
Connecticut School Shooting Victims Were Shot as Many as 11 Times abc.ws/U2RXk5—
(@Nightline) December 15, 2012
Update:
The corrected tweet was deleted as well, with no acknowledgment of the original error or apology to the victims’ families. Yes, it was a typo, but sweeping it under the rug and pretending it didn’t happen was not the appropriate way to handle this.