BBC apologise after Twitter account hacked and reports Trump has been shot

[barryqwalsh]

BBC Northampton broke the world exclusive at 11am that the US President had been blasted, saying: “Breaking News: President Trump is injured in arm by gunfire #Inauguration”.


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BBC Northampton sent out a tweet saying Donald Trump had been blasted in the arm


BBC apologises after tweeting that Donald Trump had been shot in the arm

 

[The Irish Ram]

I don't know that this isn't like CNN pondering what might be if Trump was assassinated. I think they are trying to plant seeds.

 

[frigidweirdo]

BBC Northampton broke the world exclusive at 11am that the US President had been blasted, saying: “Breaking News: President Trump is injured in arm by gunfire #Inauguration”.


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BBC Northampton sent out a tweet saying Donald Trump had been blasted in the arm


BBC apologises after tweeting that Donald Trump had been shot in the arm

The BBC then asked people to check if they'd been hacked, and they had.

 

[william the wie]

I don't know that this isn't like CNN pondering what might be if Trump was assassinated. I think they are trying to plant seeds.

The BBC has been going downhill for a long time. Please remember that the British Isles were heavily settled by Scandinavians as in Norman was French for Viking. This kind of crap cycles through British culture. What do you expect from people who are named after the Angles (West Frisians in modern terms) and often call themselves Eastern Germans (Saxons) whose predominant ancestry is Scandinavians?

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Twitter needs to make security improvements for these types of outlets. The hacks are becoming a running joke.

 

[Rambunctious]

If I were a member of the media I would be ashamed for my so called profession.