Attention Rupert Murdoch: Steve Jobs Passed Away On October 5th, Not October 28th

So this guy, Rupert Murdoch, who is supposed to know a thing or two about news and technology, tweeted this out today:

[tweet https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/262648923854880769]

That’s nice, except that Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th, 2011. Lovely sentiment of course, but…Wow.

Best response so far was this:

[tweet https://twitter.com/ywxwy/status/262651277626966017]

This isn’t the first time that this guy has embarrassed himself on Twitter.

Good Job, Good Effort Rupert. Can someone please take his Twitter account away from him?

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