UPDATE:
Leavitt has deleted the tweet:
I've delete the tweet since so many people asked
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) May 23, 2017
He deleted it NOT because the tweet was abhorrent and horrible but because ‘so many people” asked him too.
You know why he REALLY deleted it, right?
You deleted the tweet because you're a coward. https://t.co/YEEOiECSF2
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) May 23, 2017
As reports come in from the Manchester area in the U.K. where an ‘explosion’ of some sort was heard at the end of an Ariana Grande concert and with the Manchester police confirming a number of fatalities, David Leavitt (a nobody freelancer who Twitter decided to verify) made tasteless and ugly jokes:
https://twitter.com/David_Leavitt/status/866790014717497345
Really dude?
David’s bio says he is a freelancer and lists companies like CBS, AXS, Yahoo and the Examiner; did he think this was a good way to make a name for himself?
Honestly, for over a year I thought an Ariana Grande was something you ordered at Starbucks.
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) May 22, 2017
We don’t even know how many people are actually dead or why …
Delete your account.
Twitter wasn’t amused:
I hope your account has been hacked
— Kevin Palmer (@RealKevinPalmer) May 22, 2017
He may well end up claiming it was.
Cunt !!!! Kids have died tonight .
— Brian Rose (@Brian_Lion_Rose) May 22, 2017
This what the delete feature is for.
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) May 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/mickthehack/status/866793767910744065
if you have accreditation, which I doubt because intelligence must evade you, it should be withdrawn as you're a disgrace to the profession.
— Kristian Sturt (@FootieWriter) May 22, 2017
Your words are sickening. Not funny. #Prick
— Jerome Wilson (@WipeoutWilson) May 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/anniewallace/status/866797174490791936
At the time of this article, the tweets are still up and Leavitt has started whining about all of the notifications he’s getting:
Checked my phone and got this message from Twitter. Try swearing at me now! pic.twitter.com/TbIXnxhusM
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) May 22, 2017
Boo hoo. What did he think would happen?
Oh, and here’s the perfect chaser to this shot:
How do u decide which lives matter in terror attacks vs. which 2 make jokes about? Wait, I know … TRUMP! | @TwitchyTeam @PolitiBunny pic.twitter.com/EjjA8sPQcC
— Peculiar Baptist (@PeculiarBaptist) May 22, 2017
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Updates
CBS claims Leavitt does not work for them:
.@David_Leavitt does not work for @CBSNews.
— CBS News PR (@CBSNewsPress) May 23, 2017
Even though he does have CBS listed in his bio.
CBS Boston also claims he does not work for them:
David Leavitt is not a WBZ employee. His abhorrent comments in no way represent the views of our station.
— WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) May 23, 2017
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Also, Leavitt has apologized for the offensive and hurtful tweets …
https://twitter.com/David_Leavitt/status/866820610869137412
Ain’t nobody having it though.
https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/866823069817479168
Related:
Manchester police report ‘a number of confirmed fatalities’ after ‘serious incident’ at Ariana Grande concert https://t.co/1sPYZTBy6b
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 22, 2017
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