Life achievement award for the most horribly worded tweet EVER goes to… *drumroll*… the Associated Press! *applause* @AP
— Dell Cameron BLM (@dellcam) July 23, 2014
Somebody at the Associated Press should have given this tweet some extra proofreading before publishing:
BREAKING: Dutch military plane carrying bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash lands in Eindhoven.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2014
What?
https://twitter.com/tmyrden/status/491943718359146496
I think the @AP means the plane carrying the victims landed, not that the plane crash-landed…
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/DhiyaKuriakose/status/491945017830035456
Minutes later, the AP “clarified” what they intended to say::
CLARIFIES: Dutch military plane carrying Malaysia Airlines bodies lands in Eindhoven.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2014
That’s much more accurate.
https://twitter.com/lalakeys/status/491945907672211456
Uh, that's quite a bit different "@AP: CLARIFIES: Dutch military plane carrying Malaysia Airlines bodies lands in Eindhoven.”
— Matt Dentler (@MattDentler) July 23, 2014
Very unfortunate wording there, @AP. Ever consider reading your tweets out loud before posting them?
— Sam (@sambeesems) July 23, 2014