An official BBC Facebook account just totally shut down a random commenter
Burn.
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The BBC are not adverse to taking on commenters.
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LONDON -- When it comes to Facebook, you don't want to mess with the BBC.
Particularly the BBC Daily Politics & Sunday Politics page, who apparently aren't adverse to taking on users who might not have fully thought through their comments.
It all started on Wednesday, when the BBC posted this.
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Graham Sclater, clearly not realising exactly who he was messing with, wrote the following comment beneath the story.
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At which point the BBC hit back with this.
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Now if that isn't a sick burn, then frankly we don't know what is.
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Don't mess with the BBC, people.
[H/T the Huffington Post.]
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