Thursday, December 11, 2014

Best Buy lands in hot water over insensitive 'Serial' tweet

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Like many a brand before them, Best Buy has landed in hot water for a poor attempt at creating #content on Twitter.



The big box retailer that's featured prominently as the location of a murder in the insanely-popular podcast Serial sent a tweet on Thursday that pokes fun at one of the underlying questions in a 15-year-old murder of a teenage girl.



We have everything you need. Unless you need a payphone#Serial


— Best Buy (@BestBuy) December 11, 2014



"We have everything you need. Unless you need a payphone. #Serial" the @BestBuy account tweeted, referencing the reported lack of a pay phone at a Maryland Best Buy where prosecutors said 17-year-old high school student Hae Min Lee was strangled. Read more...


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