Glenn Beck : The Queen Has Died

Glenn Beck : The Queen Has Died


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Jun 3 2015, 9:26 am ET
Queen Elizabeth Death Rumor Spreads After BBC Reporter's Tweet

by Alastair Jamieson

Oops! BBC journalist accidentally tweets death of queen 1:20

LONDON — A behind-the-scenes rehearsal of how the BBC will handle the death of Queen Elizabeth II ended with an apology Wednesday after one of its reporters mistakenly tweeted that the British monarch had passed away.

Ahmen Khawaja, a reporter working for the BBC's Urdu-language service, posted on Twitter that the 89-year-old had been taken to hospital. A second tweet announced: "Queen Elizabrth [sic] has died."
This incorrect tweet was "swiftly" deleted, the BBC said.

The initial report was picked up by media outlets including CNN Newsource and German newspaper Bild.

However, when NBC News alerted Buckingham Palace to the tweets, a spokesman said that the queen was not only alive but carrying out public engagements.

It is not clear exactly how the mistake happened but the U.K.'s publicly-funded broadcaster was staging an internal drill on Wednesday to examine its readiness for the queen's death, a routine event staged by many news organizations.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/queen-elizabeth-death-rumor-spread-after-bbc-tweet-blunder-n368951

OOOPS, false alarm.

Please delete.

What the hell is this about? (No OP link, no context, etc.)

OrphanSlug said:

What the hell is this about? (No OP link, no context, etc.)

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I heard Beck say he read a tweet to that effect.

After checking online it seems the Tweet by a BBC journalist was a "test Tweet."

False alarm.

Delete or disregard.

I will check before taking even a serious pundit's word on a serious story like this.

Well it's not the first time Glenn Beck has been wrong. Certainly won't be the last.

I'm sure Beck brought out his trusty blackboard to explain how this Twitter blitz was really a coup by progressives gone wrong.

Oh god I nearly just collapsed in shock there. I was ready to run outside and see if the Ravens were flying south in their droves and that the moon had eclipsed the sun.