Weather Channel says it’s sorry for sarcastic tweet
After a Fort Worth city councilman complained about the cable channel’s app using pictures of Dallas for reports for his home city, its Twitter account replied in a snippy fashion.
Burns tweeted at the @weatherchannel handle multiple times over the past few weeks, threatening to delete the app if it didn’t start displaying photos of Fort Worth. Eventually, he tweeted that he had deleted the app, with a picture to prove it.
Hey snoozing @weatherchannel social media team, see anything missing now? CC @YahooWeather @wfaaweathertoo pic.twitter.com/KxsgAwLLnR
— Councilm. Joel Burns (@JoelBurns) May 12, 2014
The Weather Channel replied to his tweet with what reads like a sarcastic snipe at the councilman. Burns is openly gay and made headlines with an impassioned “It Gets Better” speech at a 2010 council meeting.
@JoelBurns Sorry to see you go. Good luck on ending bullying.
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) May 12, 2014
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