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Pelosi, Cummings, New York Times fall victim to fake Twitter account

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Pelosi, Cummings, New York Times fall victim to fake Twitter account | Fox News

That blue checkmark on verified Twitter accounts is there for a reason.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and The New York Times learned that lesson the hard way Tuesday when all three were fooled into quoting a fake Twitter account.

The mixup arose after the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who left the White House on Monday night after revelations that he misled Vice President Pence about a December phone call Flynn had with a Russian official. Early Tuesday morning, the account @GenMikeFlynn seemingly shared the retired lieutenant general’s thoughts on his ouster.
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These are lawmakers and leaders, folks.

This is what happens when you outlive your usefulness.
 
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Twitter users immediately lambasted the trio, with even the fake Flynn account chiming in: “The failing @nytimes, @NancyPelosi & @RepCummings issued statements based on 100% FAKE news. We expect more from our media & politicians!”
 
The next punk'n is going to be in the form of of all yhe illegal releases of signals intelligence.
 
You mean "The Newspaper of Record" was wrong?!?!

Everyone really needs to follow John Oliver's advice for screening the news:
1. Does this confirm my preexisting biases?
2. Is this a source I know an recognize?
3. Has anyone fact checked this?
4. Does it link to primary sources? Do those sources match what the story says?

And if you notice an outlet is repeatedly getting things wrong, don't follow that outlet.
 
Some lawmakers have forgotten to check and verify before speaking.
 
You know you're in trouble when Somalis say "Man, you're government is ****ed up."
 
At least Trump isn't the only politician who believes everything he reads on the internet.
 
A lesson to everyone in government, really, to stop conducting politics via Twitter.
 
Hey Nancy! Tell us the story of how Bush isn't stopping Russia's invasion of Korea again! :lamo
 
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