'Not sure what I did wrong': Pentagon press secretary screws up Fort Hood tweet

Jenn Taylor | 9:41 AM on April 03, 2014

Wrong link, indeed.

Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby meant to share a link to Secretary of Defense Hagel’s statement about Wednesday’s shooting at Fort Hood. An apparent copy/paste snafu resulted in an unfortunate link to Duffel Blog, a military satire site.

My last tweet included an erroneous link. Not sure what I did wrong. Read Secdef's statement at http://t.co/ZV3TyaXJyi.

— Alyssa Farah (@PentagonPresSec) April 3, 2014

It happens to the best of us. But perhaps not as the details of a deadly shooting are unfolding. Eek!

Before Kirby could delete the tweet and issue that correction, Twitter followers spotted the link to a post titled “Captain Being Photographed Unaware It’ll Be On Cover Of Navy Times When He’s Fired Next Month.”

@MiaFarrow @PentagonPresSec yeah that's not about the shooting. ?_?

— Pink Portrait misses Mimi (@PinkPortrait) April 3, 2014

Heh heh. Fantastic link! #oops RT @PentagonPresSec: Secdef issues statement on today's shooting. http://t.co/GmtCOsHlCp

— Toby Harnden (@tobyharnden) April 3, 2014

https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/451562836536197120

https://twitter.com/FPWellman/status/451561335827230720

https://twitter.com/Bridget_PJM/status/451559970098921472

https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/451560564150370305

Real Adm. Kirby tweeting @DuffelBlog links. That's my job! RT @PentagonPresSec Secdef statement on today's shooting http://t.co/vvjZ3C0gsM …

— Fake Civilian Kirby (@zorching) April 3, 2014