A string of tweets this morning had critics across the country turning their cross hairs on The Onion, a media outlet focused on delivering satire. A scare that prompted response from officers on Capitol Hill now has social media marketers asking: How far is too far? Let’s review. The Onion sent this message this morning via Twitter: Breaking: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol … Read more

The first tweet was vague. “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” There were soon several helicopters and gunfire in the quaint Pakistani town and a 33-year-old computer programmer in the neighborhood continued tweeting. “The few people online at this time of the night are saying one of the copters was not Pakistani,” read one tweet from the man. According to the Associated … Read more