FFS.
BuzzFeed was forced to issue a correction and delete a tweet because their writers and editors are so young they had no clue 1. who Smokey Bear was and 2. what Smokey Bear actually did:
From the @BuzzFeedNews account:
We’ve deleted this tweet. Smokey Bear fronts a campaign for wildfire prevention, not wildfire suppression.
(And yes, his name is actually Smokey Bear)
They screengrabbed it, which was the right thing to do at least:
We've deleted this tweet. Smokey Bear fronts a campaign for wildfire prevention, not wildfire suppression.
(And yes, his name is actually Smokey Bear) pic.twitter.com/8LZdRkZvGf
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 20, 2018
Can’t you just picture a bunch of BuzzFeed staffers sitting around a computer laughing at the idea that “Smokey Bear” was real and then not knowing that “Only YOU can suppress forest fires” was totally wrong?
I'm gobsmacked by this parenthetical https://t.co/87yK5D0has
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) November 21, 2018
Siri what are things that happened before 1995, a continuing series
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) November 21, 2018
Wait until they discover Woodsy Owl’s, “Give a hoot, don’t pollute”:
Do you think BuzzFeedNews knows about Woodsy Owl
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) November 21, 2018
We didn’t know this about Smokey, however:
Smokey Bear was originally named Hotfoot Teddy. He lived at the National Zoo for 26 years. He received millions of visitors and so many letters (>13,000 a week) that in 1964 the Post Office gave him his own ZIP code: 20252.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) November 21, 2018
As for the article, we’re sure everything else is just perfect:
Hi! We have no idea what we are talking about but since when has that ever stopped us? https://t.co/XsMTOxQjyo
— DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) November 21, 2018
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