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Social networks did not forgive the chain journalist ESPN, david faitelsonwhen during the transmission of the program Spicy Soccer spread the false news of a fight between Cesar Montes and weston mckennie inside the dressing rooms at the end of the game.
However, the news was not exactly Faitelsonbut the communicator read a tweet written from a fake account in which they posed as the prestigious journalist from TV Aztec, David Medrano, where they assured that Montes and McKennie they went to blows in front of the general secretary of the concacaf.
“There is a report on Twitter from fellow journalist from TV Azteca, David Medrano, saying ‘César Montes went to look for McKennie in the dressing room and they hit each other in front of the Concacaf general secretary. A sanction is expected for the two federations and David Medrano adds that César Montes is injured at the moment. We take a break and come back.”expressed the communication professional.
Minutes later, it was himself David Medrano who in his official account in Twitter shared a screenshot showing the alleged tweet written by him. The communicator disassociated himself from the authorship of the information and classified it as false.
In the middle of the program Faitelson he was forced to back off and apologize for the mistake. “We want to deny what we had read from David Medrano’s tweets, it is a false account, it is fake news. So we deny the information and offer you an apology “clarified live.
torn apart on twitter
After the episode, Faitelson was the subject of harsh ridicule and some criticism from netizens. “I saw it live and the net if you have to be very stupid to do these stupid * s”; “As professional as the Mexican team today”; “David Faitelson falling for a tweet from a fake David Medrano account hahaha”; “David Faitelson says you excuse me. Magical night”, were some reactions on Twitter.
For a few weeks now, verification on the blue bird’s social network has become an exclusive service that must be paid for and some personalities’ accounts can be confused with some fake ones.
during the match of Mexico and USA for the semifinals of Concacaf Nations League There were strong fights between several players and the match ended with four expulsions.
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