The Colorado Rockies haven’t deleted the team’s tweet falsely accusing a fan of using a racial slur.
Sunday night, Twitter was set on fire after it sounded like an unnamed fan dropped the n-word while Lewis Brinson was batting. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
Fucking disgrace! pic.twitter.com/QdVVvk7YbH
— Peter Pratt | Marlins 🏴 (@MiamiMarlins_UK) August 8, 2021
On Monday, it was determined that the fan was actually just attempting to flag down Rockies mascot Dinger.
“Dinger…Dinger!” while looking and waving at Dinger the mascot on the left side of the full video. pic.twitter.com/IFZnlAquF2
— Greg Brady 🚴 (@TheGregBrady) August 9, 2021
Yet, the team’s tweet claiming to be “disgusted” and accusing the fan of using a “racial slur directed at the Marlins’ Lewis Brinson” is still very much up.
Not only is it up, but it’s gone viral. As of this moment, it has been retweeted thousands of times and liked more than 17,000 times.
A statement from the Colorado Rockies regarding the racial slur incident at the end of today’s game: pic.twitter.com/85uN3f1pFZ
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) August 9, 2021
So, despite the fact that the team has reportedly already determined that literally nothing wrong has happened, the tweet alleging a racist incident occurred is still up.
It’s been live for nearly 24 hours since the team reported to Steven Straeger that the situation was a giant mistake.
NEW: The Rockies tell me last night’s incident was a fan shouting to get the attention of the Rockies mascot Dinger, not a racial slur. The Rockies have spoken to the fan who confirms this is the case. They’ve also reviewed video from the local broadcast. #9News
— Steve Staeger (@SteveStaeger) August 9, 2021
Furthermore, it’s been roughly 19 hours since the team itself admitted that nothing happened and the tweet is still up!
Notice how much less attention the correction has received.
An update from the Colorado Rockies regarding the incident at the end of yesterday’s game: pic.twitter.com/4cCS8peKnU
— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) August 9, 2021
The Rockies need to delete the team’s original tweet and apologize for leaving it up for so long.