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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 05:03 PM Apr 2013

Japan city mistakenly tweets North Korean missile launch

Officials in the Japanese city of Yokohama were left red-faced today after mistakenly announcing the launch of a North Korean missile to 40,000 followers on Twitter.

The city, south of Tokyo, prematurely fired its tweet just before noon, announcing "North Korea has launched a missile" with blank spaces to indicate the exact time.

"We received a call from one of our followers who had noticed the mistake. We had the tweet ready and waiting, but for an unknown reason it was dispatched erroneously," said a city official.

The city retracted the tweet about 20 minutes later and apologised to followers of @yokohama_saigai, the official said.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/japan-city-mistakenly-tweets-north-korean-missile-launch/1100380/

Clearly the tweeter (is that right?) had one too many drinks

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Japan city mistakenly tweets North Korean missile launch (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Apr 2013 OP
LOL, 'We had the tweet ready and waiting" htuttle Apr 2013 #1
Sort-of Weiner-esque (misfired tweet)... Cooley Hurd Apr 2013 #2

htuttle

(23,738 posts)
1. LOL, 'We had the tweet ready and waiting"
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 05:07 PM
Apr 2013

How much time did THAT save? Typing "North Korea has launched a missile" must take all of 5 seconds...

Seriously, that's just asking for it.

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