Tuesday, October 9, 2012

News station confuses man's Twitter feed for rapist's





(Credit: Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET )

Twitter handles can be confusing.




Sometimes people select them in a hurry, or from a menu after the one they really wanted is not available.




So it's worth checking whether a Twitter feed really does belong to the person you'd like to follow.




More Technically Incorrect







This is a lesson that the Houston-based KHOU news station seems only recently to have learned.




For the station, in writing about a policeman convicted of raping a waitress -- Abraham Joseph -- didn't manage to spot that the Twitter handle @abrahamjoseph doesn't exactly belong to that policeman.




Sadly, it inserted a widget ... [Read more]











No comments:

Post a Comment