Department of Education gets slammed for misspelling and typo in tweets
The agency’s social media team shared a post celebrating civil rights leader, W.E.B. Du Bois. However, Twitter users were quick to point out that his name was incorrectly spelled.
The Department of Education recently learned that it’s important to proofread your tweets.
The department—whose new chief, Betsy DeVos, was confirmed last week—took a beating on Twitter after misspelling civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois’ name in a tweet.
Here’s the original post:
Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life. – W.E.B. DeBois pic.twitter.com/Re4cWkPSFA
— US Dept of Education (@usedgov) February 12, 2017
Several high-profile users were quick to point out the gaffe, along with the irony of the Department of Education (of all agencies) getting it wrong:
.@usedgov *W.E.B. Du Bois
All good. Not like this is the official Twitter for the US Department of Education. 😒
— Ryan Wyatt (@Fwiz) February 12, 2017
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