Media Mistake Goes Viral: Pedro Bravo Did Not Use Siri to Search for Spots to Hide a Body
Mea Culpa - I re-tweeted this after just skimming the story earlier today.
The grab indicates the query was made of Siri, the robotic woman’s voice that answers questions on some iPhones.
Some media outlets covering the trial tweeted and reported that Bravo had asked Siri for help, and media worldwide picked it up.
In reality, Goeckel testified the screenshot was stored as an image in Bravo’s phone while browsing Facebook. Among the potential places to hide a roommate listed on the screenshot were reservoirs and swamps.
“It comes out as images, it’s in the Facebook cache is what it’s in,” Goeckel testified. He added that Bravo had an iPhone 4, which does not have Siri, and that the screenshot is not evidence that Bravo did the search.
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