In a 3:30pm tweet, White House social media director Dan Scavino said he was sharing Irma social media intel with President Trump and Vice President Pence on an hourly basis. Then he said: "Here is Miami International Airport. STAY SAFE!!" The video showed water covering the runway. Anyone covering the storm immediately knew this was not a video from MIA. It was illogical. It was actually from Mexico City.
The airport's Twitter account quickly refuted this "fake news." MIA tweeted at Scavino, "This video is not from Miami International Airport." First, he deleted the tweet and pretended like it didn't happen. Later, he posted a correction: "Thank you. It was among 100s of videos/pics I am receiving re: Irma from public. In trying to notify all, I shared - have deleted. Be safe!"
Look, we all make mistakes on social media. But this was a whopper... in the middle of a natural disaster. Newsrooms have social media teams to verify this sort of stuff. Doesn't the U.S. government? |
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