Sarah Manavis on Twitter: "There are SO MANY PEOPLE that are experts on this *increasingly very important language* and the BBC just doing fat fingered explainers based on clearly zero research is insanely irresponsible and is literally spreading misinformation"

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1. Sarah Manavis‏Verified account @sarahmanavis 8 Nov 2019
  For anyone who wants to understand why this is so fucked up, I wrote thishttps://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2019/11/what-is-shitposting-and-why-does-it-matter-bbc-brexitcast-laura-kuenssberg-got-it-wrong …
  
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1. Harriet Marsden‏ @harriet1marsden 8 Nov 2019
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  Aside from how wrong and irresponsible this is, it’s also *extremely* OK BOOMER
  
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1. stephen 1312‏ @stepheniscowboy 7 Nov 2019
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  this feels that it's on the more minor end of big news companies just pretending they understand tech/digital culture but it's still just flabbergasting
  
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1. Heather Parry‏ @HeatherParryUK 7 Nov 2019
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  does no one under 40 work at the BBC?
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1. Adam Harper‏ @adam__harper 8 Nov 2019
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  "number 10 sources explain shitposting to BBC"
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1. William Crawley‏ @williamcrawley 8 Nov 2019
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  No need to stereotype fat-fingered people. Please. ;)
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1. partwave∴‏ @part_ickle 8 Nov 2019
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  BBC just doing fat fingered explainers based on clearly zero research / spreading misinformation this cound be their most basic Instinct
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