A BBC editor’s tips for dispelling rumors
What do you do when an untruth about your organization is spread to hundreds or thousands of people on social media?
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BBC removed Jeremy Bowen from #Gaza for saying he had not seen any evidence of #Hamas using civilians as humanshields pic.twitter.com/ynoKwQtbXG
— Raajje News (@raajjenews) August 3, 2014
Hamilton cleared everything up with the following, which only saw two retweets:
@raajjenews This is simply untrue. He’s on holiday.
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