SuperSport commentator fired for tweeting

The broadcaster's communications manager, Clinton van der Berg, says it "regrets that Lanning, while attending a commentary workshop at SuperSport on Wednesday [23 February 2011], chose to tweet various confidential matters pertaining to both SuperSport and SA Rugby".

Van der Berg says Lanning's actions were contrary to company policy. Although the company has a social media policy in place, it says this wasn't necessarily breached. However, Lanning's posts breached confidentiality and would have been actionable no matter the medium used.

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