Author Simek isn't active on any social media other than LinkedIn, largely because he is a professional testifying expert on IT and digital forensics topics — and he didn't want to risk being hung by his own petard because of something he had posted on other kinds of social media. (slaw.ca)
These outfits have been largely hoisted on their own financial petards and now they can't figure out a way to get their deals out the door and sell their story to the public suckers without the embarrassment of a downward valuation when the underwriters actually start writing the deal book; and (3) They're already a dead dog, living on borrowed time. (inc.com)
«Shattered Glass» (Lions Gate) Star New Republic reporter Stephen Glass was hoisted on his own petard when editors discovered he made up stories out of whole cloth. (chron.com)