Good Samaritan Helps NYT’s Brian Stelter Dodge Potential Twitter Disaster

The New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter avoided a potential Twitter disaster Friday morning thanks to fellow Tweeter Salma Khan.

The New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter avoided a potential Twitter disaster Friday morning thanks to fellow Tweeter Salma Khan.

As chronicled on Stelter’s Twitter feed, the reporter forgot to sign out of Twitter when leaving an Apple store in New York. Khan discovered Stelter’s mistake and logged him off the iPad he had been using.

Khan Tweeted, “Hello?” from Stelter’s account and, after receiving no response, followed up with, “Aww @brianstetler [sic] you left your twitter on at the apple store on 5th ave, im going to log u out or at least try – @salma_khan.”

Minutes later, Stelter responded in a series of Tweets, “{Red-faced} I have changed the pwds of my Twitter accounts to ensure that they are secure.

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