E.TV Journalist Suspended For “Fans Dying To See Linkin Park” Twitter Joke

08 Nov 2012 by Steyn du Toit in Concerts, Entertainment, Music

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Lance Witten (Source: Facebook)

UPDATE: Witten has been suspended by e.tv over the incident. E.tv released the following statement via its Twitter account.

Lance Witten, a sports presenter for both e.tv and eNCA, has apologised for an insensitive tweet following the death of a Linkin Park fan in Cape Town last night. Twenty other concertgoers were also injured when a massive advertising tower was blown over at Cape Town stadium.

In a display of incredibly bad taste, Witten tweeted shortly after news broke: “Linkin Park is so badass, people are dying to see ‘em.”

Witten immediately received loads criticism from followers after the tweet, but he insisted that others would have made the same joke:

He then went on to express his confusion over the fact that his joke offended people by replies such as this:

Witten later also posted the following update, before deleting it:

A few months from now, Trevor Noah will use that tweet as a joke on stage

But it seems after a couple of hours of reflection he suddenly had a change of heart, and posted the following apology earlier today:

[Source: Channel24]

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