What could make a hoax call reporting a school shooting worse? Social media
NPRWhat could make a hoax call reporting a school shooting worse? Social media Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Mosquera/NPR Sarah Mosquera/NPR It was 9:47 A.M. on Feb. 22 when the dispatch center of the Twin Falls Police Department in Idaho got the call. Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Mosquera/NPR Sarah Mosquera/NPR For one, Travis Rothweiler, the city manager of Twin Falls, got choked up recalling the moment he was notified of the threat to his teenager's school. The role of social media Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Mosquera/NPR Sarah Mosquera/NPR There's another element involved in most incidents of hoax swatting calls: the complicating factor of social media. Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Mosquera/NPR Sarah Mosquera/NPR "It just perpetuated a lot of that confusion and misinformation right at the worst possible time as parents were coming to the school," Palmer concluded.
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