Even Lazier Social Media...

So, the AP was out with a story that said Twitter was banning ads that deny climate change.

Here is a screenshot of part of the AP’s story.

Okay…so you see the story and the picture used is that of the Twitter logo on the stock market floor.

But, then you see the story is picked up by Gray’s KOLD in Tucson and the picture is of a firefighter sitting on a swing in a burned-out area. Not really a picture about climate change or Twitter.

It also slugs the picture completely wrong.

So, you say that the station made a mistake and posted the wrong picture to go with the story. Hey, it happens.

But, here’s the problem, it happened over and over across the Gray stations and not one person saw the error and corrected it.

Here are just a few examples: