Vox-er who ran with bogus Gaza bridge story urges skepticism about #MH17 crash

Amid reports of a Malaysia Airlines plane crashing in Ukraine, Vox’s Zack Beauchamp urged tweeters not to jump the gun:

https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/489797860167520256

Self-awareness? Zach knows not thy name:

https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesUSA/status/489798224903811072

Wait … what?

https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/489542579923341312

https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/489455810305880064

Whoops. Be sure to read all about it.

In light of Beauchamp’s little “reminder,” he’s getting mocked big-time:

.@zackbeauchamp Does Wikipedia have an update yet?

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) July 17, 2014

https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/489799190877593600

https://twitter.com/chelseagrunwald/status/489798639946969088

.@zackbeauchamp Why fly? They could have used the bridge from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 17, 2014

https://twitter.com/FirstTeamTommy/status/489799925035970560

Ouch.

Next up from the Vox crew?

https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/statuses/489799616280690689

Just wait.