Times Journalist Mistakenly Quotes “Tweeter Alliss” Not Peter Alliss

peter_alliss_mHere’s a story that highlights the huge gulf that I believe exists between old school print journalists and those who lean more toward social media to stay in touch.

The very posh and respectable Times newspaper in London, in writing about the Rory McIlroy court case actually quoted the satirical @TweeterAlliss twitter account, believing it was the real Peter Alliss.

How could a respectable journalist believe that “they apparently made him sign while Santa was handing out the toys to distract him?” But that’s what they reported!

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Here’s the actual TweeterAlliss tweet and the following one distancing himself from Peter Alliss just to be sure to be sure!

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Times pic thanks: Alex Perry twitter

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