KitchenAid Tweets Joke About Obama's Dead Grandma: Do You Ever Mistakenly Post from the Wrong Social Media Account?
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2012/10/05 23:15:46
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@KitchenAidUSA tweeted during the Presidential Debate when Obama mentioned his grandmother, Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham, who died November 2, 2008:
KitchenAid released a statement:
MASHABLE.COM reports:
“Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! ‘She died 3 days b4 he became president’. #nbcpolitics”The same @KitchenAidUSA Twitter account quickly replied with profuse apologies. Apparently, an employee doing social media for Kitchen Aid used the wrong Twitter account to tweet his personal opinion of President Obama.
KitchenAid released a statement:
During the debate tonight, a member of our Twitter team mistakenly posted an offensive tweet from the KitchenAid handle instead of a personal handle. The tasteless joke in no way represents our values at KitchenAid, and that person won’t be tweeting for us anymore. That said, I lead the KitchenAid brand, and I take responsibility for the whole team. I am deeply sorry to President Obama, his family, and the Twitter community for this careless error.
MASHABLE.COM reports:
An insensitive tweet poking fun at President Barack Obama's late grandmother -- posted on KitchenAid's official U.S. account -- caught the eye of many Twitter users Wednesday night during the presidential debate.
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Top Opinion
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Nam Era Vet #1 DNA TLC 2012/10/05 23:26:58Never
+7That Tweet is just insensitive and wrong. And it would have been no matter where it was posted. I am not an Obama fan. But disrespect for the dead is just evil.
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- mikeeonly 2012/10/06 16:06:51Whoops
poor tastereply - lucky 2012/10/06 12:50:49Never+1That kind of mess-up is why so many business's dont like their employees working and doing personal things on the computer at the same time.reply
- thefatguy 2012/10/06 03:40:43NeverI don't have any social media accounts except for SodaHead. Why waste time with the rest, when SodaHead is the best?reply
- Me 2012/10/06 03:07:48Never+1ohhh wow...thats so not okayyyyreply
- bags the Indigenous Guru 2012/10/06 02:02:41Never+1And I'd never post anything like that to begin with!reply
- gregaj7 2012/10/06 00:30:51Never+1I've only got one.reply
- Richard M. Nixon 2012/10/06 00:08:00Whoops+1Maybe, if I had one. We're allowed to blog but no Facebook et al. We dead folks seem to be fair game for anyone and anything. Used to be that one respected their ancestors.reply
- Just me ∞ijm♥G☮F♀U∞ 2012/10/05 23:55:01Never+1Nope.reply
- JustBeingAtPeace 2012/10/05 23:35:33Never+1No but am only on SH lolreply
- Nam Era Vet #1 DNA TLC 2012/10/05 23:26:58Never+7That Tweet is just insensitive and wrong. And it would have been no matter where it was posted. I am not an Obama fan. But disrespect for the dead is just evil.reply
- bags th... Nam Era... 2012/10/06 02:04:14+2*applause*reply
