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SuperSport commentator fired for tweeting
SuperSport has let go of rugby commentator Andrew (Tank) Lanning after he revealed market-sensitive information about the company on popular social media platform Twitter.
25 Feb 2011
The broadcaster's communications manager, Clinton van der Berg, says it "regrets that Lanning, while attending a commentary workshop at SuperSport on Wednesday [23 February 2011], chose to tweet various confidential matters pertaining to both SuperSport and SA Rugby".
Van der Berg says Lanning's actions were contrary to company policy. Although the company has a social media policy in place, it says this wasn't necessarily breached. However, Lanning's posts breached confidentiality and would have been actionable no matter the medium used.
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Candice Jones is company writer and media advisor at Cell C (www.cellc.co.za). She used to be deputy editor of www.TechCentral.co.za. Follow her on Twitter at @CandiceJones.