Yesterday all football fans had a big shock when CNN, a trusted news agency, reported with a tweet that Pele, still considered the best footballer in the history of the sport, is dead.
The news fell like a thunderbolt and began to be broadcast at internet speeds. The news of Pele's death was published by a CNN morning band reporter who published it as "breaking news" on Friday morning, 28 March 2014.
However, it turned out not to be true and the Brazilian former athlete is alive and very well. Before the good news spread, over 55.000 followers of CNN pointed out the inaccuracy of the story and demanded that the news agency apologize, according to Hollywood Reporter.
Inaccurate tweets were deleted almost immediately. CNN later reported, "We deleted an old erroneous tweet. We are sorry for the incident and thank our followers for the update. "
However, it turns out that MrfacePele personally contacted CNN and set the record straight.
We publish the news as there may be enough people to take advantage of the event to distribute malicious software, or just as a hoax.
