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It wasn’t a single person, but rather a host of media outlets that made several Twitter mistakes during the frantic afternoon that U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in January 2011. NPR, CNN, Reuters, Fox News and the much-followed news site, Breaking News.com, all tweeted that Rep. Giffords had died from the shooting. The sites all corrected their mistakes several minutes after posting that Giffords had died, some deleting their initial tweets—which set off a social media debate—to prevent retweets from spreading inaccurate news. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
Charlie Sheen and Brian Stelter joined Anthony Weiner in the club of Twitter snafus. But they’re far from the only ones who have mistakenly sent out tweets. From an official Secret Service tweet bashing Fox News to incorrect posts about the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, see photos of other scandals caused by the social media site. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
It has been quite the year for Charlie Sheen. The actor added to his list of eyebrow-raising moments on Dec. 12 when he accidentally tweeted his cell phone number to his nearly 6 million followers. The tweet was intended to be a direct message to Justin Bieber—how those two even know each other is still unknown—and Sheen received roughly 1,800 text messages, causing his phone to completely crash. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
The New York Times’ TV and media writer Brian Stelter broke news on Dec. 13 that he didn’t necessarily intend to. The journalist meant to send a direct message regarding a shake-up at ABC News, but instead sent a public tweet to his nearly 97,000 followers. The tweet was retweeted 25 times and Stelter followed it with a tweet immediately after, writing, “Well that was embarrassing. That was supposed to be a DM.” Although Stelter tried to cover his tracks further by tweeting his source was a two-day old Page Six story, the story turned out to be true and it was public knowledge by the end of the night that George Stephanopoulous would replace Christiane Amanpour at ABC News. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
The granddaddy of them all, it wasn’t really what Anthony Weiner wrote and more of what he posted on Twitter. Weiner eventually admitted to sending a lewd tweet that he intended as a direct message, though he originally claimed his Twitter account had been hacked. Weiner was initially nonchalant about the occurrence, tweeting, “Tivo shot. FB hacked. Is my blender gonna attack me next? #TheToasterIsVeryLoyal,” immediately following the lewd tweet, which he deleted. But the casual denial was not enough to stop the scandal from exploding, and within two weeks of near-constant “Weinergate” coverage, Weiner resigned. His Twitter account remains up, though it is inactive. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
It wasn’t a single person, but rather a host of media outlets that made several Twitter mistakes during the frantic afternoon that U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in January 2011. NPR, CNN, Reuters, Fox News and the much-followed news site, Breaking News.com, all tweeted that Rep. Giffords had died from the shooting. The sites all corrected their mistakes several minutes after posting that Giffords had died, some deleting their initial tweets—which set off a social media debate—to prevent retweets from spreading inaccurate news. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
No one knows if the employee that sent out a tweet on the official Secret Service account that read “Had to monitor Fox for a story. Can’t. Deal. With. The. Blathering” kept his or her job. The Secret Service said the tweeter had believed that he or she was posting to a personal account. “We apologize for this mistake, and the user no longer has access to our official account,” the Secret Service said in a statement after the incident. But really? So. Completely. Hilarious. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
It must have been a slow night for the Red Cross. In February, this tweet showed up on the official account: Ryan found two more 4 bottle packs of Dogfish Head’s Midas Touch beer … when we drink we do it right #gettingslizzar.” Slizzard” is a slang term used in the South that means getting drunk, and the company followed up the errant tweet with a bit of humor: “We’ve deleted the rogue tweet but rest assured the Red Cross is sober and we’ve confiscated the keys.” The tweeter appeared to be social engagement manager Gloria Huang, who sent out a note on her own Twitter account: “Rogue tweet frm @RedCross due to my inability to use hootsuite… I wasn’t actually #gettingslizzard but just excited! #howembarassing.” The organization was actually praised for handling the snafu well, and received a slew of donations—including $100 from Hootsuite, the social media dashboard company mentioned by Huang. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
A social media manager at New Media Strategies sent a tweet proclaiming “I find it ironic that Detroit is known as the #motorcity and yet nobody knows how to f---ing drive” to Chrysler’s over 7,000 followers. The company immediately deleted the tweet, following it up with this tweet: “Our apologies - our account was compromised earlier today. We are taking steps to resolve it.” See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
A web show, “What’s Trending,” that was part of CBS sent out a mistaken tweet in September 2011 that claimed that the now-late Apple CEO Steve Jobs had died. The tweet put CBS in hot water as news organizations around the world rushed to confirm the news that had been sent out by the show. The original tweet on the “What’s Trending” account read: “Reports say that Steve Jobs has passed away. Stay tuned for more updates.” CBS severed ties with the show and its host Shira Lazar soon thereafter. See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
In November 2010, former Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd’s official account tweeted “U love torturing me with this ---t,” and it blasted out to his 13,000 followers. His staff deleted the tweet within three minutes and followed it up with this: “From Dodd Staff – Apologies to Dodd's followers, last tweet was not from Chris Dodd.” See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
