David Leavitt, a freelance writer and Twitch streamer, decided to tweet out a few idiotic jokes after news broke of the fatal bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. (Leavitt deleted the first tweet, below is the screen grab.)
Honestly, for over a year I thought an Ariana Grande was something you ordered at Starbucks.
ā David Leavitt š²š®š§āāļøš (@David_Leavitt) May 22, 2017
Leavitt has written for CBS Local, the now-defunct Examiner, and AXS.com, which appeared to have scrubbed his work from the site. He admitted to CJR, however, that he makes much of his money from sponsored Instagram posts and tweets. āThese days,ā he said, āI find that Iām getting paid more for a sponsored tweet or Instagram post that takes less than a minute, than I do for actual journalism.ā
Leavitt apologized a few hours later, claimingādespite having tweeted āmultiple fatalities confirmedāāthat he didnāt realize the āmagnitude of the tragedy.ā
https://twitter.com/embed/status/866820610869137412
Then he completed the bad post-backlash-apology cycle by trying to tweet through it with some GIFs and dumb hashtags. Good luck with those Instagram sponsorships.
