A BBC journalist was left red faced, after a typo about the Northern Ireland’s blood ban give it a slightly different meaning.
William Crawley, a Belfast-based BBC journalist, posted a tweet after Sinn Fein’s Health Minister, Michelle O’Neill, announced she was lifting the lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.
Following the announcement, Mr Crawley tweeted: “The lifting of the lifetime blood ban on gay/bisexual men in NI brings NI into lube with GB: a one year referral system.”
Almost instantly, the presenter of Talkback, faced an inevitable Twitter backlash.
@williamcrawley Sorry I had to slip that one in!#Lubegate pic.twitter.com/HMB962jzTb
— Snu James (@Wasthatmee) June 2, 2016
Footage of @williamcrawley pre talkback emerging #lubegate pic.twitter.com/e9PI8AUbIW
— Natalie (@NatBatsx) June 2, 2016
@winstonsmith121 It’s the single best typo in the history of typos, to be fair. #lubegate
— Small Moo Thing (@aKerryCoo) June 2, 2016
@williamcrawley You’ll never lube it down.
— Miche Doherty (@miche) June 2, 2016
After deleting the tweet, Mr Crawley immediately tried to recover from his embarrassment.
First, he said he would go back to postcards.
I think I’ll just pack in this Twitter thing now and return to sending postcards.
— William Crawley (@williamcrawley) June 2, 2016
Then tried to blame autocorrect.
Damn you, autocorrect.
— William Crawley (@williamcrawley) June 2, 2016
Before finally admitting he might need a little help on Twitter.
HELP WANTED: Digital Proofreader. Unsociable hours. Competitive remuneration package. Applications on postcards only.
— William Crawley (@williamcrawley) June 2, 2016
We think it’s fair to say, William Crawley won’t be forgetting about the blood ban any time soon.
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