UK network delivers catastrophic fake news<\/b>
\nThe BBC tweeted a gross misrepresentation of President\u2019s Trump\u2019s words given during his UN speech by reporting Trump said \u201cwar will follow\u201d rather than his actual words, \u201cmore will follow.\u201d
The UK network\u2019s world news Twitter account (@BBCWorld) sent the false message on Tuesday to its 24 million followers.
\u201cDonald Trump tells UN General Assembly \u2018war will follow\u2019 after his decision to re-impose sanctions on Iran, who he accuses of \u2018slaughter in Syria and Yemen.’\u201d reads the now deleted BBC tweet.
After another account acknowledged the gravity of what was reported, the BBC account issued a correction tweet that specified Trump\u2019s real words were \u201cmore will follow\u201d as well as adding the hashtag \u201c#ourbad.\u201d
The tweet was reportedly public for 20 hours before its deletion; a screenshot can be seen below.
Since then, the account did further damage control with an \u201c#honestmistake\u201d hashtag.
It should be noted that earlier this week Twitter asked actor James Woods to delete a satirical meme that the social media giant feared had the \u201cpotential to be misleading in a way that could impact an election.\u201d<\/p>\n

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