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Queen Elizabeth is fine, the BBC was just rehearsing
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 10:27
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An errant tweet from a BBC journalist claiming Queen Elizabeth had been hospitalized triggered a wave of uncertainty Wednesday before the rumor was shot down.
The panic began after Ahmen Khawaja, a journalist at the BBC, tweeted that the 89-year-old monarch was being treated at a London hospital, according to The Independent:
“False alarm to Queen’s death!” it said. “She is being treated at King Edward 7th hospital. Statement due shortly.”
CNN Newsource followed up with a tweet, now deleted, which read:
“JUST IN: Queen Elizabeth II hospitalized at King Edward 7th Hospital in London. FILE out now – IN-17WE.”
Both CNN and Khawaja quickly recanted their bulletins …. http://www.poynter.org
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/06/queen-elizabeth-is-fine-bbc-was-just.html
