Twitter hoax kills off the very-much alive Morgan Freeman
Death by tweet once again. This afternoon CNN allegedly posted on Twitter that actor and voice of the cable news network had died: “Breaking News: actor Morgan Freeman has died in his Burbank home.” Within minutes the news spread through the Twitterverse, prompting online expressions of a Twitter "bummer":
Goodbye to another one of the greats RT @CNN: Breaking News: actor Morgan Freeman has passed away in his Burbank home.
Borders
Borders
Except Freeman was plenty alive. CNN quickly issued a hundred and one word denial:
CNN did not report Morgan Freeman death. Rumor is false. CNN will aggressively investigate this hoax.
CNN
CNN
CNN also said it never sent out the original tweet.
So what happened? Slate dug through the Web to find answers and uncovered that the message originated from @originalcjizzle, "a guy with nearly 1,500 followers who is fond of calling people "jive turkeys.""
So there goes another Twitter death and resurrection. And what are we left with? Morgan Freeman alive! Some Twitter hearts broken. And of course the funny tweets.
Reports of Morgan Freeman 's demise are false -- TMZ has confirmed the actor is alive, kicking ... and definitel... http://bit.ly/ewB13j
TMZ
TMZ
Who is @CNN to play God? That's Morgan Freeman's job.
Ashley Burns
MayorBurnsy
In the span of 45 seconds, I just mourned Morgan Freeman, then celebrated that he's still alive. #fakeinternetdeathreportssuck
Bill Simmons
sportsguy33
Morgan Freeman had the best fake death since Mark Paul Gossaler.
alex fritz
boxcar_fritz
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