Spurminator
10-18-2016, 01:30 PM
State of Ohio to Investigate Satirical Tweet That Fooled Drudge and Limbaugh (https://theintercept.com/2016/10/17/state-ohio-investigate-satirical-tweet-fooled-drudge-limbaugh/)
Robert Mackey (https://theintercept.com/staff/robertmackey/)
October 17 2016, 9:18 p.m.
A CHORUS OF OUTRAGED conservatives, including Matt Drudge (https://twitter.com/DRUDGE_REPORT/status/788032094278520832), Rush Limbaugh (https://twitter.com/AndrewKirell/status/788095577842126849), and Curt Schilling (https://twitter.com/gehrig38/status/788183511765225472), expressed anger on Monday at what they wrongly called evidence that a postal worker in Ohio had destroyed absentee ballots cast in the Republican’s favor.
The anger was prompted by the widespread misunderstanding of a satirical tweet posted online Sunday by a member of the loose coalition of pranksters known as Weird Twitter (https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/chapo-trap-house-are-the-vulgar-brilliant-demigods.html), who use the social network to post Dadaist jokes and fictional anecdotes disguised as earnest statements of fact.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/528354454697803776/0X4l3rud_normal.jpegraandy @randygdub (https://twitter.com/randygdub)
i love working at the post office in Columbus, Ohio and ripping up absentee ballots that vote for trump
3:09 PM - 16 Oct 2016 (https://twitter.com/randygdub/status/787747220267278336)
(https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=787747220267278336)
2,2052,205 Retweets (https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=787747220267278336)
5,1715,171 likes (https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=787747220267278336)
The satirist, who writes as @randygdub (https://twitter.com/randygdub), describes himself only as a “cool and chill guy of online,” living in California. Within minutes of posting his tweet on Sunday, he was surprised and delighted that his joke was mistaken for a genuine confession by Trump supporters eager to find any evidence of the election rigging their candidate, falsely, claims is rampant (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/787995025527410688).
Full article: https://theintercept.com/2016/10/17/state-ohio-investigate-satirical-tweet-fooled-drudge-limbaugh/
Robert Mackey (https://theintercept.com/staff/robertmackey/)
October 17 2016, 9:18 p.m.
A CHORUS OF OUTRAGED conservatives, including Matt Drudge (https://twitter.com/DRUDGE_REPORT/status/788032094278520832), Rush Limbaugh (https://twitter.com/AndrewKirell/status/788095577842126849), and Curt Schilling (https://twitter.com/gehrig38/status/788183511765225472), expressed anger on Monday at what they wrongly called evidence that a postal worker in Ohio had destroyed absentee ballots cast in the Republican’s favor.
The anger was prompted by the widespread misunderstanding of a satirical tweet posted online Sunday by a member of the loose coalition of pranksters known as Weird Twitter (https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/chapo-trap-house-are-the-vulgar-brilliant-demigods.html), who use the social network to post Dadaist jokes and fictional anecdotes disguised as earnest statements of fact.
Follow (https://twitter.com/randygdub)
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/528354454697803776/0X4l3rud_normal.jpegraandy @randygdub (https://twitter.com/randygdub)
i love working at the post office in Columbus, Ohio and ripping up absentee ballots that vote for trump
3:09 PM - 16 Oct 2016 (https://twitter.com/randygdub/status/787747220267278336)
(https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=787747220267278336)
2,2052,205 Retweets (https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=787747220267278336)
5,1715,171 likes (https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=787747220267278336)
The satirist, who writes as @randygdub (https://twitter.com/randygdub), describes himself only as a “cool and chill guy of online,” living in California. Within minutes of posting his tweet on Sunday, he was surprised and delighted that his joke was mistaken for a genuine confession by Trump supporters eager to find any evidence of the election rigging their candidate, falsely, claims is rampant (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/787995025527410688).
Full article: https://theintercept.com/2016/10/17/state-ohio-investigate-satirical-tweet-fooled-drudge-limbaugh/