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title: "Washington Post journalist suspended for Twitter hoax"
description: "The Washington Post's senior sports reporter Mark Wise was suspended after posting a hoax message on Twitter. Wise tweeted on Monday that the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger would be suspended for five games, for his alleged sexual assault of a Georgia college student, before the NFL or anyone had confirmed that the footballer had indeed been sanctioned. For his efforts, Wise himself got suspended for a full month, but issued an apology, saying he had been trying to show that bad journalism is, you know, bad, by posting a deliberate lie on his Twitter account. Wise clearly didn't think this one through, and has more than ruffled a few feathers in the media world. Read more: Mark Wise's apology in the DC Sports blog and reactions to the incident in the DC Sports blog."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Sport"
author: "Mandy De Waal"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/mandydewaal/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-09-03-washington-post-journalist-suspended-for-twitter-hoax/"
published: "2010-09-03T10:11:16"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:34"
lang: "en-ZA"
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# Washington Post journalist suspended for Twitter hoax

> The Washington Post's senior sports reporter Mark Wise was suspended after posting a hoax message on Twitter. Wise tweeted on Monday that the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger would be suspended for five games, for his alleged sexual assault of a Georgia college student, before the NFL or anyone had confirmed that the footballer had indeed been sanctioned. For his efforts, Wise himself got suspended for a full month, but issued an apology, saying he had been trying to show that bad journalism is, you know, bad, by posting a deliberate lie on his Twitter account. Wise clearly didn't think this one through, and has more than ruffled a few feathers in the media world. Read more: Mark Wise's apology in the [DC Sports blog](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/08/mike_wises_statement.html) and [reactions to the incident](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/08/mike_wises_twitter_hoax.html) in the DC Sports blog.

By Mandy De Waal · Published 3 September 2010, 12:11 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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