CNN) -- Twitter and Facebook were buzzing Thursday morning with news that several airlines are flying doctors and nurses to Haiti free of charge to help with relief efforts there in the wake of Tuesday's devastating earthquake. The only problem: The rumors are false, an American Airlines spokesman says "Last night's Twitter about American and JetBlue flying doctors and nurses to Haiti for free was-- a hoax. We don't know who is responsible, but it's a very low thing to do," airline spokesman Tim Smith said in e-mails sent Thursday. Twitter users also circulated a rumor...... See MoreUPS would ship for free any package under 50 lbs. to Haiti. In a blog post Wednesday on UPS's Web site, a spokeswoman debunked the rumor and said that destruction of Haiti's roads and communications networks "means our own shipping services to Haiti are on hold."
Very true. Though it probably started out as a good thing. The person who started it probably thought that if enough people showed up asking about it, that the company would feel they needed to honor the fake postings.
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Fri 15 Jan, 2010 05:21 pm
@Seed,
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We don't know who is responsible, but it's a very low thing to do," airline spokesman Tim Smith said
Tim added, "We would never let ourselves get involved in a venture as despicable as that."
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