Social Media commentary

I recently found a story about social media on the local news website. Milwaukee legislator Josh Zepnick got into a little trouble after he updated his Facebook status that talked about rising local health insurance costs, and blamed it on Aurora Health Care. Aurora Health Care found out about it and was furious. They wrote Josh a 3 page single spaced paper explaining that his status update was wrong. I thought this story was interesting because it just goes to show how careful people need to be when they post things online. With many different social media tools out there today such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter, you never know who is going to read your posts and who will be offended by it. By Josh posting that on his status it was the same as if he would have called every one of his friends on the phone and told them that Aurora Health Care was to blame for rising health insurance. These sites are powerful tools, so people need to be careful what they say on them.

Below is a link to the story.

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/83299602.html