As the pieces are picked up from the horrifying shooting at a Florida State University library late Wednesday/early Thursday, there continues to be a mind-boggling number of insensitive jokes. The overwhelming majority of those jokes are in regards to FSU quarterback Jameis Winston, with some saying they hope the shooter murdered Winston or guesses that he was the shooter.
Included in that group was the account of ESPN Campus Connection reporter, and current University of Alabama student, Marisa Martin:
ESPN reporter jokes about FSU shooting, then deletes her Twitter acct after outrage pic.twitter.com/TVqY046xiU
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) November 20, 2014
Shortly after those tweets were released under her name there were claims that her account had been hacked. This does not smell good for Martin or ESPN, but please refrain from assumptions until all the details are released on the bizarre and extremely controversial comments. Her account has since been deleted.
ESPN’s @UACampusConnect says reporter Marisa Martin’s “account was hacked” when making FSU shooting joke, her account has been deleted
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) November 20, 2014
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