U.K. Journalist, Duped By Phony Twitter Account, Falsely ‘Reports’ Piers Morgan Suspended By CNN

by Mark Joyella | 1:20 pm, July 28th, 2011

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Ah, Twitter. So fast, so fun, so freaking unreliable as a news source sometimes. Just ask Jon Snow, the white-haired and well-seasoned anchor at London’s Channel 4, who seemed to be on the verge of breaking some big news to his 103,000 followers when he tweeted “there’s another hacking bombshell allegedly involving the Mirror breaking any minute.” Within moments, he ramped up the excitement, saying “rumour mill churning gloriously over hacking today,” before dropping a bombshell: former News of the World and Mirror editor–and current CNN host–Piers Morgan had been suspended from his job at the network. Ah, but combine “rumour” and Twitter, and you’re asking for trouble.

As news of Morgan’s “suspension” started picking up re-tweet steam, Morgan fired up the Twitter machine to let the steam out of Snow’s story: “Sorry to disappoint you all, but I’m afraid poor old @jonsnowC4 got duped by a fake Twitter account. I’ve not been suspended by CNN.” The original tweet was deleted by Snow, and followed by a flurry of “it’s not true” tweets, including one from CNN’s PR department, making it clear that Morgan is, in fact, still quite fully on the job. Twitter being Twitter, the story is still rolling around out there, even as Snow makes a full public mea culpa to Piers Morgan:

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Anonymous

Fact: OOOps liberals run amok! Always act and spew their dribble before the facts are know! Pathetic!
Anonymous

fact: known……
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

This story strikes me as being similar to the faked retweet announcing the death of Morgan Freeman and the incorrect reports of Rep. Gifford’s death. It’s all part of media and society feeling our way through this new broadcast medium of Twitter. I could pull up a few other examples and some of the resulting conversations, but we’re still at the point where the rules are being formed.

This incident is just another step in the process and it was cut somewhat short because Piers Morgan, Steve Krakauer and CNN are adept at Twitter. This may not always be the case.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

This story strikes me as being similar to the faked retweet announcing the death of Morgan Freeman and the incorrect reports of Rep. Gifford’s death. It’s all part of media and society feeling our way through this new broadcast medium of Twitter. I could pull up a few other examples and some of the resulting conversations, but we’re still at the point where the rules are being formed.

This incident is just another step in the process and it was cut somewhat short because Piers Morgan, Steve Krakauer and CNN are adept at Twitter. This may not always be the case.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

This story strikes me as being similar to the faked retweet announcing the death of Morgan Freeman and the incorrect reports of Rep. Gifford’s death. It’s all part of media and society feeling our way through this new broadcast medium of Twitter. I could pull up a few other examples and some of the resulting conversations, but we’re still at the point where the rules are being formed.

This incident is just another step in the process and it was cut somewhat short because Piers Morgan, Steve Krakauer and CNN are adept at Twitter. This may not always be the case.
Anonymous

the c(lowns)n(itwits and socialist)n(attering nabobs) network DOES NOT condemn PHONE HACKERS, like immigrant morgan, who are on their staff – they give them a raise. They CONDEMN ONLY phone hackers that are NOT part of the lunatic-left socialist propaganda machine. (i.e., they are SLIMEBAG HYPOCRITES !!!! )
Anonymous

Well, we can always hope!