{"id":6471,"date":"2010-06-01T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T15:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2010-06-01T10:53:29","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T15:53:29","slug":"should-bp-pressure-twitter-to-remove-the-fake-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/public-relations\/should-bp-pressure-twitter-to-remove-the-fake-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"Should BP pressure Twitter to remove the fake feed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a tweet posted yesterday from the Twitter account known as @BPGlobalPR<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Fake<\/a><\/p>\n

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That’s just one of a steady stream of sarcastic tweets that, as of this morning, has attracted more than 96,000 followers,\u00a0almost 10 times more followers than\u00a0BP has at its own Twitter account<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CNET News offers\u00a0 a good summary<\/a> of who might be behind\u00a0the fake account, and what has happened since it was created.<\/p>\n

It’s\u00a0just one more episode in the PR nightmare tied to the Gulf Oil spill.<\/p>\n

What I find most bizarre about the fake account, which was created on May 19,\u00a0is that Twitter hasn’t removed it. BP spokesman Tony Odone told AdAge.com:<\/p>\n

“I’m not aware of whether BP has made any calls to have it taken down or addressed. People are entitled to their views on what we’re doing, and we have to live with those…People are frustrated at what’s happening, as are we, and that’s just their way of expressing it.”<\/p>\n

My heart aches for the people and wildlife affected by the oil spill, and I don’t see anything funny about the sarcasm.\u00a0BP has bigger PR problems than Twitter. But if I\u00a0were counseling BP, I’d encourage them to contact Twitter immediately and ask them to either remove the account, or at least include a disclaimer. Here’s why:<\/p>\n