今年6月,一名BBC记者在推特上称伊丽莎白女王“去世”。The journo apparently believed a BBC rehearsal for the woman's death was the real thing. Part of the rehearsal coincidentally occurred at a hospital that England's monarch was visiting for an annual check-up.
这名记者意识到自己做错了,于是删除了这条推文,并发出了“虚惊一场”。She also claimed the mistake was the result of a "silly prank." The false news spread across social and traditional media, however, and some news organizations had to withdraw their related stories.
该公司创始人兼首席执行官罗希特•瓦利亚表示,如果这名记者没有使用她的个人推特账户报道这条“新闻”,这一事件本可以避免Cafyne公司。他说,BBC的官方推特账户应该会得到更恰当的管理,以防止这种失态。