As Twitchy reported, DiGiorno Pizza caused a social media uproar last night after sending this inappropriate tweet in response to a domestic violence awareness hashtag:
https://twitter.com/Posietron/status/509177819801587712
It took him a while, but MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow finally caught up on the story:
Ronan's like 18 hrs late to this one https://t.co/Kq4tnUxIsO
— socially distant foxxi (@foxxi_loxxi) September 9, 2014
And promptly made himself look like a colossal jackass:
https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/509425280176648194
So, basically, Farrow turned DiGiorno’s honest mistake into an opportunity to crack a tasteless joke. Har-dee-har-har.
@RonanFarrow, I really thought you were above making jokes that belittle and minimize the reality of DV. #DoBetter
— Tristan Sparrow (@anarchotris) September 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/meadowgirl/status/509426923723038720
See, unlike Farrow, who enjoys using his platform to spew out callous garbage with impunity, DiGiorno has spent the last 18 hours apologizing profusely for its mistake.
@RonanFarrow @robspillman i love a brand fail as much as the next guy, but they couldn't have handled their screw up better.
— brian braiker (@slarkpope) September 9, 2014
@RonanFarrow They jumped on a trend without checking first. Dumb mistake, but one that you did, too: They realized the error & apologized.
— Sidra Condron (@qwertybird) September 9, 2014
@blackmadonnachi @DiGiornoPizza @RonanFarrow check their timeline atm, they're apologizing to every single person that replied angry
— Jeroen (@Jeroener) September 9, 2014
.@RonanFarrow they quickly apologized. They misunderstood the hashtag
— #NotMyPresident(Resist)?️? (@BVGamble) September 9, 2014
@RonanFarrow @robspillman they apologized immediately, acknowledged they were wrong for tweeting the hashtag w/o knowing what it was about
— brian braiker (@slarkpope) September 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/riffraaf/status/509425498641170432
@RonanFarrow Due respect, they’ve been apologizing and owning up to their mistake for like 18 hours now. I think you can let it go.
— *scoffs* ADAM! (@ajvsell) September 9, 2014
@RonanFarrow kind of a dick move Ronan. They have been apologizing all day and admitted the error. Seems you're the one capitalizing on this
— Bruce (@twostep83) September 9, 2014
Bingo. But you know what? DiGiorno apologized to Farrow, too:
@RonanFarrow Ronan, I would never purposely make light of such an important & honest conversation. Please know I am sorry.
— DiGiorno (@DiGiorno) September 9, 2014
@DiGiornoPizza @RonanFarrow no need to apologize to a "journalist" who is trying to get laughs at your expense.
— Red Car Good Point (@DiertaySouth) September 9, 2014
Maybe not, but DiGiorno took the classy route anyway:
@DaisyEagan @RonanFarrow I wasn't aware of the context of the hashtag before using it. There is no excuse for this mistake and I'm sorry.
— DiGiorno (@DiGiorno) September 9, 2014
And that is how you take the high road.
If I present on social media mistakes again, I will add in @DiGiornoPizza's example of handling a boo boo with grace. Accidents happen.
— Donna Talarico (@donnatalarico) September 9, 2014
Learn from this, Ronan.
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