AP Revises Tweet That Had Lawmakers ‘Falling Over Each Other’ to Support Israel

Tweet the first:

As much of world watches Gaza war in horror, members of Congress fall over each other to support Israel: http://t.co/DepO2etLQS

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2014

That’s pretty opinionated. Tweet the second:

Many U.S. lawmakers strongly back Israel in Gaza war (revises wording in this @AP tweet: http://t.co/RZs5dh0m2L ): http://t.co/OvBKx75U6Z

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2014

That’s dry and unobjectionable (and probably won’t produce as many clicks).

This comes after the Associated Press Twitter feed freaked the living hell out of everybody last week when a tweet’s ambiguous syntax made it seem as if the plane carrying bodies from the MH17 crash had itself crashed.

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