‘WTF?’ Cincinnati Enquirer adds smiley face to news about shooting death
http://twitter.com/#!/LilMissRightie/status/360149053171974145
That pretty much sums up the Cincinnati Enquirer’s bizarre social media blunder. WTF, guys?
The fabulous @LilMissRightie caught this retweet from the Enquirer’s verified Twitter account on Wednesday night. Note the Jim Carrey-style editorializing in this screen shot taken from Topsy.
The Enquirer’s social media person followed up with this reply to @LilMissRightie:
Yes, yes. Someone died. But we’re tickled pink about bringing you the news. Victim-giggles!
https://twitter.com/jylwheel/status/360152604644356096
Both tweets were quickly deleted, but the Cincinnati Enquirer is about to learn the hard way that Twitchy and Twitter are forever.
http://twitter.com/#!/LilMissRightie/status/360149814857572352
Unreal, indeed.
http://twitter.com/#!/LilMissRightie/status/360150245994283010
http://twitter.com/#!/LilMissRightie/status/360152793664847872
http://twitter.com/#!/LilMissRightie/status/360155748262621185
http://twitter.com/#!/LilMissRightie/status/360156115041923074
Definitely shoody business. Here’s the Enquirer’s story on the shooting death. This one was tweeted sans emoticon.
http://twitter.com/#!/Cincienquirer/status/360239975607975938
Update:
The Cincinnati Enquirer tweeted an apology shortly after Twitchy published the deleted tweets.
http://twitter.com/#!/LilMissRightie/status/360435620075675649
http://twitter.com/#!/LilMissRightie/status/360435111184957440
