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Pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees trick media outlets: ‘Rahul Ligma’
NY Post ^
| 10/28/2022
| Thomas Barrabi and Theo Wayt
Posted on 10/28/2022 1:25:59 PM PDT by frogjerk
A pair of pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees tricked multiple media outlets Friday as the public anxiously awaited news on whether Elon Musk had begun axing staffers.
CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa interviewed two people who identified themselves as Twitter employees and were seen near the company’s San Francisco headquarters carrying cardboard boxes.
Skepticism immediately emerged on social media. One of the pranksters said his name was “Rahul Ligma” — a reference to a popular internet meme — and held a copy of Michelle Obama’s book “Becoming” aloft while speaking to reporters. The other said his name was “Daniel Johnson.”
CNBC, Bloomberg, the Daily Mail and NBC were among the outlets that reported layoffs were underway after the duo spoke to the media.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; joke; media; musk; powned; prank; truthsocial; twitter
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HA HA HA!
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:25:59 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
To: frogjerk
“And Baba Booey to y’all!”
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:27:16 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: frogjerk
Ok it’s funny, but he still had Michael Obama’s book.
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:31:19 PM PDT
by
stevio
(.)
To: frogjerk
Reminds me a the flight crew, Capt. Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, and Ho Lee Fuk.
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:31:51 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: stevio
Skepticism immediately emerged on social media. One of the pranksters said his name was “Rahul Ligma” — a reference to a popular internet meme — and held a copy of Michelle Obama’s book “Becoming” aloft while speaking to reporters. The other said his name was “Daniel Johnson.”
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:32:12 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
To: frogjerk
“They are visibly shaken,” Bosa added. “Daniel tells us he owns a Tesla and doesn’t know how he’s going to make payments.” Some lures you don't need to troll with, you just let them hit the water and the fish come a-swimmin'.
To: frogjerk
I saw the interview with “Daniel”. I laughed at the stuff he was saying, “Trans women won’t be able to speak freely” and “Nazis will run Twitter”. When they kept asking questions he said, “I have to go home and tell my Husband and Wife”.
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:36:05 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: DJ MacWoW
To: frogjerk
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:42:26 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(6)
To: frogjerk
Shows the stupidity and credulity of mainstream media.
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:47:36 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: frogjerk
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:50:11 PM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: frogjerk
Remember the AP and Rueters news wire feeds?
Today's passing for journalists is where the news wire services have been turned into social media outlets. In 1980 if you were able to log on to the AP news wire and insert a story that John Hinkley was a disgruntled gay lover of the president it would immediately pass as news.
Today is that evolution.
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:51:41 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
To: dragnet2
Don’t forget Bang Ding Ow!
To: frogjerk
Who or what is Rahul Ligma?
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:52:02 PM PDT
by
TChad
(Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
To: TChad
It’s become a famous meme in a matter of hours.
Try it on a search engine.
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posted on
10/28/2022 1:53:45 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Let's go Brandon!)
To: frogjerk
To: stevio
I think that was meant to be part of the funny...
To: dragnet2
Don’t forget Bang Ding Ow.
To: 1FreeAmerican
To: TChad
Who or what is Rahul Ligma? Ligma Bawls.
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posted on
10/28/2022 2:10:10 PM PDT
by
Fido969
(45 is Superman! )
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