Twitter jeopardizes Foz McDermott’s job

This post is a continuation of my previous post regarding the Season 4 teaser image I obtained in Twitter. (If you don't know what am I talking about, click here. Please be warned that the link contains spoilers of the next season).

I got this news from NextOnHeroes.

Twitter, the popular social networking site, has among its members, people from the entertainment industry. Part of the Heroes cast and crew use Twitter to connect and interact with avid fans around the world. However, its misuse has caused trouble and created lines between Heroes fans.

Foz McDermott, known in the twitterverse as @TheMightyFoz, is an assistant to the executive producers of Heroes and the talent coordinator of show. He has penned a few graphic novels and is a co-producer of the BBC’s Heroes: Unmasked.

The site SpoilerTV and other affiliated sites (DarkUFO, theODI) posted on May 31st a picture of what appears to be the first episode’s script. SpoilerTV examined the picture and found a few details and spoilers about the first episode of Volume 5: Redemption. They cited TheMightyFoz as the source of the information. Later in the day, SpoilerTV updated his blog and added a similar picture and credited @Wendilynnmakeup (Heroes’ make up artist).

However, on Monday June 1st, Foz McDermott’s denied these claims and informed to his followers on Twitter that he was going to leave the social networking site for the immense trouble it caused him. He repeatedly twitted message to have the information taken down and his name removed.

Several other sites that reposted the information (9th Wonders, IMDB, The ODI and others) deleted the offending material as soon as they had contact with @TheMightyFoz. However, SpoilerTV kept the picture and credited Foz McDermott’s twitter account as the source of the picture. Naturally, Foz McDermott was very offended and exchanged strong words with @SpoilerTV via Twitter.

Foz McDermott twitted that his account was hacked and NBC IT was investigating how the information was leaked. As a response, SpoilerTV updated his site with information from Tweleted (a service that helps you retrieve deleted twits) and the photo’s metadata proving the picture was taken with a Blackberry 8330 on May 29th, 2009 at 5:52pm. The issue remains unsolved and neither of the parties involved is ready to concede.

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