As we reported earlier, an LA Times “online engagement editor” generated retweets by the thousands with a now deleted tweet which said “My friend’s husband died of glioblastoma in AZ. They wrote a letter to McCain begging for his help. He advised them to move.”
LA Times ‘audience engagement editor’ engages Twitter audience with unverified McCain story https://t.co/lFX9sJWtiu
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2017
The original, now deleted tweet went viral quickly, getting over 10,000 retweets in a fairly short period of time. How fast is the apology spreading? Not nearly as fast:
I deleted an earlier tweet because it did not meet my employer's standards for verification and publication. (1/2)
— Jessica Roy ? (@jessica_roy) July 20, 2017
I regret what I wrote and sincerely apologize. (2/2)
— Jessica Roy ? (@jessica_roy) July 20, 2017
NOT so viral that time.
https://twitter.com/CounterMoonbat/status/888129754599231488
https://twitter.com/hecubus1st/status/888136860970635264
https://twitter.com/aaronlmathis/status/888130901867085826
Why did you think it was newsworthy?
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) July 20, 2017
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include an additional tweet.