Who could forget former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner, whose tweeted crotch-shot set a new standard for political pratfalls in the social media age? Then there\u2019s actor Woody Harrelson, whose epically failed Reddit AMA spawned a derisive meme and undermined the very film he was aiming to promote.Among brands, there\u2019s the Red Cross employee who accidentally tweeted about \u201c#gettingslizzerd\u201d from the charity\u2019s official account rather than her personal one. Ragu, Nestle and Kenneth Cole have all showed some Twitter or Facebook ineptitude of their own as well.But not every high-profile gaffe has to end with embarrassment or alienated fans. Handling a blunder smoothly with humor and class can actually reflect well on a celebrity or brand, turning negative into positive. The Red Cross did just that, for example, by addressing the erroneous tweet head-on \u2014 but in a lighthearted way \u2014 and partnering with a brewery for a blood drive.<\/p>\n
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