Rupert Murdoch’s Twitter debut embarrassing for many
When Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter on December 31, people wondered how long it would take for his first mistake to be made. Well, it was January 1, when he said “maybe Brits have too many holidays for broke country!”
Shortly after Murdoch tweeted this, a Twitter account with the same name as his wife, Wendi Deng, replied to the tweet telling him to delete the offending tweet. He complied and she tweeted “Explaining to @rupertmurdoch about being careful with humor on line. sometimes it comes out as rude!” She continued tweeting at Murdoch and other public figures and celebrities. She even drew media attention. Twitter gave her account the checkmark that signals verification and News International confirmed that it was her.
But it wasn’t. Late last Monday it was revealed that the tweets were not by Murdoch’s wife but rather a mysterious jokester. The individual is no longer controlling the fake Twitter account but has instead moved onto the handle @Ficticious_acct, where they describe themselves in the bio section as “self-proclaimed Twitter expert, social media guru, professional liar and generally loathsome.”
Beyonce and Jay-Z have one daughter, but two names become Trending Topics
On January 7, Beyonce gave birth to a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter. The pregnancy received huge amounts of attention and Beyonce’s rub of her belly (first announcing her pregnancy) in August even broke a record for most tweets per second. So it came as no surprise to see fans as well as plenty of celebrities congratulating the couple on their daughter’s birth. But at first, people were talking about the birth of Ivy Blue, leading it to become a Trending Topic on Twitter. Someone even set up a Twitter handle @IvyBlueCarter (although the account is now suspended).
Tebow breaks tweets per second record for sports
Speaking of tweets per second records, the record for a sporting event was broken this Sunday with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow ‘s 80-yard touchdown pass in overtime, leading them to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Twitter later announced that there were 9,420 tweets per second, beating the previous record set by the Women’s World Cup. Now we just need to find out how many of those tweets included a picture of someone Tebowing!
Racist receipt from Papa John’s goes viral
After buying a pizza from the Hamilton Heights Papa John’s in New York City, Minhee Cho found a racial slur on her receipt. An employee had described her in the store’s computers as “lady chinky eyes.” When she got home with her pizza, she posted a photo of the receipt (seen left) on Twitter with the text:
“Hey @PapaJohns just FYI my name isn’t ‘lady chinky eyes’”.
According to CNN, the photo was viewed over 200,000 times over the weekend. Papa Johns responded quickly via Twitter, expressing shock and saying that the sixteen-year-old employee had been fired.
Alec Baldwin is back on Twitter
You may remember that last month, Alec Baldwin was thrown off of a flight for playing Words With Friends and subsequently shut down his Twitter account. Well his tweeting hiatus has ended as of Sunday, just in time for the premiere of the sixth season of 30 Rock on Thursday. Since being back, he has tweeted about his vacation, wished his daughter Ireland luck on her English follow, and frequently promoted the season premiere of 30 Rock.
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