Jeff Campbell
11-30-2009, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://mashable.com/2009/11/29/live-twitter-billboard/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable)' target='_blank'>http://mashable.com/2009/11/29/live...able+(Mashable)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"A TV station in Alabama is learning that live Twitter billboards sometimes deliver unintended consequences."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1259590951.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>This has been confirmed as real, and the general manager and news director were suspended over this bit of bad timing. The station displays live tweets and this one just happened to come out when someone had their camera phone handy. ouch.Â*</p>