Thursday, March 29, 2012

Spike lee

  • (CBS News) Movie director Spike Lee is in hot water over a Twitter retweet that has left a Florida couple fearing for their safety.
  • (CBS News)
  • Public apologies are so common these days that multiple websites have sprung up just to keep track of who is asking forgiveness of whom. Effectiveapologies.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • Someone should probably take away Spike Lees Twitter account. Never one to shy away from racial controversy, the longtime director took to the microblogging site to voice his opinion on the Trayvon Martin shooting.
  • (Reuters)
  • Spike Lee really screwed up this week when he tweeted to his 250,000+ followers what he believed to be the address of George Zimmerman, the man in Florida who shot and killed unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman is not currently in custody.
  • (did he miss the point? - Zap2it.com)
  • SANFORD, Fla. -- Spike Lee apologized overnight to a Sanford couple who say they were forced to leave their home when a Twitter posting that the director helped spread listed their address as that of a man who shot an unarmed teenager.
  • (News Channel 2000)
  • SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - An elderly couple has reached a settlement with Spike Lee after the pair said they had to leave their Florida home after the director help spread a Twitter posting listing their address as that of the man who shot an unarmed teen.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • HEREs THE STING OF SOCIAL MEDIA: instant reaction that disrupts innocent lives many miles away. Director Spike Lee found himself eating his words Wednesday after he retweeted what he thought was the home address of Sanford, Fla.
  • (CrabbyGolightly.com)
  • Asked about his decision to announce what he believed to be George Zimmerman's home address to his quarter-million Twitter followers, director Spike Lee's original, official response was a defiant "no comment.
  • (Human Events (blog))
  • Spike Lee meant to retweet George Zimmermans home address, but instead he left an elderly Florida couple fearing for their safety.
  • (TheWrap)
  • Film director Spike Lee has apologized to a Florida couple after he retweeted an address that was described as the home of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who shot Trayvon Martin.
  • (Inside Bay Area)

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