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THE EDITOR OF Newsnight acknowledged his recent awkward Twitter encounter in the programme’s credits last night.
Ian Katz had a little social media mishap when he tweeted about Labour shadow Treasury minister, Rachel Reeves. Katz–in what was originally intended to be a private message–instead broadcast to his 27,500 followers that Reeves was ‘boring’ after she was a guest on Monday night’s show.
Sunday 17 November, 2024
Sunday 17 November, 2024
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Newsnight acknowledges editor's Twitter mishap in credits
THE EDITOR OF Newsnight acknowledged his recent awkward Twitter encounter in the programme’s credits last night.
Ian Katz had a little social media mishap when he tweeted about Labour shadow Treasury minister, Rachel Reeves. Katz–in what was originally intended to be a private message–instead broadcast to his 27,500 followers that Reeves was ‘boring’ after she was a guest on Monday night’s show.
According to the BBC, the tweet said:
He later took it down, instead, posting up an apology to Reeves.
Last night, Newsnight broadcast as usual, aside from an interesting addition to their credits.
Hashtag fail, indeed.
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