TVNewser’s Billboard of the Week

Mobile, Alabama’s WPMI-TV learns the consequences of posting your breaking news tweets on an electronic billboard. (h/t NewsBlues)

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Since the incident, the station’s General Manager and News Director were both reportedly suspended for one week by WPMI’s ownership.

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