Twitter Billboard Leads to Epic Fail

[G-Dubb]

A TV station in Alabama is learning that live Twitter billboards sometimes deliver unintended consequences.

While we can’t vouch for its authenticity, South Carolina-based blog The Palmetto Scoop claims a University of South Carolina graduate driving through Mobile, Alabama snapped the shot below and sent it in.

The WPMI-TV billboard displays Tweets from the LOCAL15NEWS Twitter account, with this Tweet resulting in the juxtaposition.

Update: The photo has been confirmed as real and WPMI-TV’s general manager and news director were suspended over the incident, reports Rob Holbert.

http://mashable.com/2009/11/29/live-twitter-billboard/

 

[REdRUM]

lol

 

[28g w/o the bag]

ahahhaha

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[Mari go DumB]

Rofl

 

[drewski.kalonji]

oh snap!

 

[L.D.S.]

It took me forever to figure out why that was supposed to be funny.

 

[Zer0.MediA]

That's pretty amusing, but it's a damn shame that people got "suspended" over it. You know those people don't even know what the fuck Twitter is or how it works. This is a perfect example of useless technology being put to use in a setting that has no place for public input.

Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, texting, all that bullshit has no place in the news industry.

 

[CoopDVill]

wow...

 

[The Duke of Earl]

fail?! thats a win !

 

[MizeryMade]

Aw man, thats fucked up!