The entrepreneur shared the … Absolutely agree with him. His full title is The Lord Sugar, and his given name is Alan Michael Sugar. We are heading for one of the worst deaths tolls in Europe. The post Lord Sugar shared with his five million followers was quickly outed as 'fake news' (Image: Lord Sugar/Twitter) “It did not come from bats. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website. With all respect to both entrepreneurs, both successful in their own ways and highly respected, this has got to be the most entertaining social network "war" ever to exist. Lord Sugar. Some on Twitter have also claimed this was the work of “bots”. I too, am sick to death of all the negativity re: the handling of Covid19 by the Press … LORD Sugar has launched a new furious attack on Piers Morgan after he “slagged off the government” over the handling of the coronavirus crisis. 41 talking about this. The Apprentice host immediately faced a barrage of tweets berating him for the move, however he seemed defiant in sharing it as he justified the post by writing: ‘I just passed it on. Or else we risk turning into a totalitarian state where all information is sanctioned and controlled by the government of the day. (sic)’. Morgan has 7.5 million followers, while Lord Sugar has 5.3 million. As a user of twitter I am always looking for interesting people to follow, and a few weeks ago I came across Lord Sugar who had just started tweeting. In 1968, he started what would later become his largest business venture, consumer electronics company Amstrad.In 2007, he sold his remaining interest in the company in a deal to BSkyB for £125m. Like this: Like Loading... Leave a Reply Cancel reply. The post adds: “It is time you all changed your negative and political rhetoric for the health of this nation and start supporting our government.”. The whole point of journalism is to scrutinise people in power. Lord Sugar faced backlash this week due to a tweet (Picture: ITV) Lord Alan Sugar has backed down and deleted a tweet that contained false information after he faced harsh backlash this week. The Apprentice star responded to a … The post adds: “It is time you all changed your negative and political rhetoric for the health of this nation and start supporting our government.” Where to start. In response, one user tweeted: “Shame on you!” While another wrote: “Your sense of humour is obviously as bad as those crap over priced computers you used to sell.” Press for change. And it’s not as though the government hasn’t done anything wrong so far during the coronavirus crisis. — Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) May 5, 2020 Although Piers has not responded directly to Lord Sugar, he did write back to one Twitter user, who questioned whether or … The post claims that critical journalists are “missing the mood of this great country” by trying to “trip up” politicians about coronavirus. ‘This is a time for all of us, especially those of us devoting our careers to the forefronts of scientific research, to work together to fight this common enemy. Professional angry boss Alan Sugar has been roundly mocked for suggesting that journalists should lay off the government during the coronavirus pandemic. Tweeting last night, the Apprentice host shared a screenshot of what looks like a Facebook post from someone’s mum, with the caption “I agree with all this”. The post these supposedly suspicious tweets quote from was brought to prominence last week when a screenshot of it was shared by Alan Sugar on Twitter, but it had been circulating on Facebook before that. Welcome to the official Lord Sugar Facebook page. LORD Alan Sugar is in hot water for spreading "fake news" on his Twitter account saying coronavirus was man made and started in China. ), but after a while it became obvious that this was indeed the real Lord Sugar. — Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) June 20, 2018 He also later deleted all of his responses, claiming that his initial comment was an "attempt at humour that backfired." Other versions of the post had also appeared previously on Twitter too. Our testing regime has lagged way behind other countries, health workers still don’t have sufficient protective equipment, and we wasted weeks entertaining a pseudo-scientific “herd immunity” strategy that would have killed 250,000 people. Lord Sugar has been criticised for sharing a coronavirus conspiracy theory on social media. I wasn’t 100% sure it was him at first (he is not perhaps the most obvious twitterer! But Lord Sugar’s 5.4 million Twitter followers were less than pleased with the tweet, with many branding him a racist. Chill out will you. Lord Sugar drove the argument further, saying at points that Trump had 'a charisma bypass' and arguing that he was more popular than the American baron because he had more Twitter followers. On 27 April, celebrity businessman and House of Lords member Alan Sugar approvingly tweeted a screenshot of a message circulating widely on social media. We cannot delay one moment in this effort to save the lives of our fellow humans. While the businessman is yet to address it, he’s already facing criticism for sharing comments made by Trump afterwards. This rant is the latest attack in a long… It seems that Lord Sugar has once again proven that rich people aren’t always clever people. Gotta love social media during a pandemic, right? Copyright Scram Media Limited (registered company in England and Wales: 11736030), Alan Sugar slammed for telling journalists to “support the government”. The Apprentice star tweeted a claim purported to be from a … The two presenters have been clashing, with Lord Sugar recently slamming Piers for taking a coronavirus test despite him being entitled to one as a key worker.. Apprentice host shared post falsely claiming that Covid-19 was manufactured in a Wuhan laboratory T he Apprentice star tweeted a claim purported to be from a … @Lord_Sugar RT @ Amscreen : Knowledge is power.#Amscreen’s products have the ability to continuously measure the environment around them, including pollu… 3 weeks, 5 days ago Lord Sugar is a Crossbench Life peer who has sat under this title in the Lords since 20 July 2009. I didn’t write it.’, Lord Sugar then added, after responding to people telling him it was a bogus report: ‘Looks like, to quite [quote] Donald Trump, that was fake news…’, As he was asked to delete the tweet and move on, he doubled down and added: ‘…Someone sent it to me for god sake . And of course punters were all too happy to point out it wasn’t fact. China made it. Feel free to comment, like and discuss all things Lord Sugar. I am sure Lord Sugar would have been telling journalists to lay off Mr Corbyn had he been elected. Your email address will not be published. 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Well, it seems as though the author of this post – and in turn Lord Sugar – fundamentally doesn’t understand the job of journalists. Lord Sugar, the Daily’s and Twitter. The Daily Mail reported the epic battle on their website citing that Donald J. Trump called Lord Alan Sugar a "Dopey" and Piers Morgan calling the twit war as… Lord Alan Sugar rules out new series of The Apprentice in 2021, Lord Alan Sugar celebrates 53rd wedding anniversary with epic throwback, Even Lord Sugar is furious that EastEnders killed Kush, ‘At this stage, when all of our energies are needed to treat the ill, prevent the further spread of sorrow, and plan for a new beginning, the broadcasting of unsubstantiated claims regarding the origins of the disease is dangerously distracting. Now it seems he’s either done with looking at his notifications or he’s not wanting people to read his retweet as gospel, as it was removed from his page. Of course he would! Lord Alan Sugar slammed for spreading fake coronavirus conspiracies on Twitter. Lord Alan Sugar has hit back at a critic who complained about the amount of promotion he has given his new book on Twitter. Well, it seems as though the author of this post – and in turn Lord Sugar – fundamentally doesn’t understand the job of journalists. Metro.co.uk contacted Lord Sugar’s reps for comment. Required fields are marked *. Lord Alan Sugar has backed down and deleted a tweet that contained false information after he faced harsh backlash this week. Just weeks after the 73-year-old asked whether a mock report suggesting lions were patrolling Russia during the pandemic was a joke, he faced another social media fail when he shared a screenshot of a fake report to his 5.3million followers, in which Dr Tasuku Honjo claimed coronavirus had been ‘made’ by China.