Oops.
CBC Radio One host Chris Walker was forced to apologize earlier today after erroneously tweeting that rocker Carlos Santana had died:
https://twitter.com/ChrisWalkerCBC/status/649256210097664001
I unreservedly apologize for previous tweets regarding Carlos Santana. Wrong to rely on single source, and against CBC policy besides.
— Chris Walker (@ChrisWalkerCBC) September 30, 2015
And according to Mashable editor Brian Ries, Santana’s daughter wasn’t very happy with Walker’s sloppy reporting:
“Thanks for ruining my day.” – Carlos Santana’s daughter to Canadian reporter who tweeted false report of his death. https://t.co/DsJlttzqwq
— Brian Ries (@moneyries) September 30, 2015
@moneyries @ChrisWalkerCBC not true. Texting with him now but thanks for ruining my day ??
— stella (@stellibelli) September 30, 2015
According to Walker, it was a different Carlos Santana:
https://twitter.com/ChrisWalkerCBC/status/649258322412105729
https://twitter.com/ChrisWalkerCBC/status/649258570681315328
https://twitter.com/ChrisWalkerCBC/status/649264094290313216
So rather than say do a quick Google search to see if Santana died, he just tweeted it out there?
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