Nelson Mandela is not dead.

[TalkingDog]

http://www.smh.com.au/world/nelson-mandela-victim-of-death-hoax-on-twitter-20130610-2nz1k.html

In fact, Mandela remains in hospital in Pretoria with a lung infection and is in a "serious but stable condition", according to the latest information from South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma.

But a Twitter account imitating that of CNN host Piers Morgan tweeted the incorrect "breaking news" that the apartheid leader had died.

snip

It was quickly re-tweeted more than 1300 times.

But a closer look at the account, which carries the same Twitter image as Morgan's, reveals that it is a parody account using the handle @piersrnorgan.

[uppityperson]

1. k&r and thanks.

[BlueCheese]

2. Amazing what good medical care can do these days.

[malaise]

3. K & R

FOR the EFFIN' TRUTH

[suffragette]

4. Joining you in a kick for truth

[octoberlib]

5. K&R

Thanks for posting this.

[backscatter712]

6. K&R! Will someone lock the other thread? n/t

[uppityperson]

9. Unfortunately the duty of Hosts is not locking untrue threads. Good lord, can you imagine the meta

wars if it was?

Another kick to pop this back up high.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Methinks that thread is now LOCKED.

I sent an alert about the thread, indicating there was no confirming link to the "statement", constituting a violation of the DU Terms of Service. I got a reply that the thread has now been locked.

[uppityperson]

13. Not posting a link does not violate DU TOS.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

[DinahMoeHum]

14. No matter, that thread has been locked, and that's all that matters.

n/t

[uppityperson]

16. Just trying to give correct information. nt

[DinahMoeHum]

18. .

.

[iandhr]

7. Its amazing how quickly false information can spread these days.

[octoberlib]

8. Kick!

[malaise]

10. Kick n/t

[Skittles]

12. twittering idiots

[life long demo]

15. Thanks for the good news about Mandela

I was so sad when I saw the comment of Mandela's death. I hope he fully recovers and lives an even longer life.

[Iliyah]

17. Wishing him well!

I Remember when Mandela came to Los Angeles. I met him as a child, humble man. I will never forget, he was one of the reason I got into liberal politics.

[NightWatcher]

19. Abe Vigoda is still with us as well

[longship]

21. We don't know about Abe Vigoda until you load his status page.

Here:
Abe Vigoda Status

My click through:

As of 6:32:23 PDT Sunday June 9, 2013, Abe Vigoda's status is...

Alive

At 92 years old, I would wish him a long life... Er, Much longer life.

Maybe we all ought to have one of these pages to avoid those embarrassing inaccurate Twitter posts.

[SheilaT]

20. This is just one more thing that underscores what's wrong

with things like Twitter, and the inclination of far too many people not to question anything.

[gopiscrap]

22. My apologies

a news report came out in Tacoma, Washington that a family spokesman had said he died

[TalkingDog]

23. No worries, no judgement. We've all done it (or something like it) at one point.

just trying to staunch the flow.