Posted on 10/31/2022 10:54:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
CNBC was trolled by a pair of pranksters going by the imaginary surnames of “Ligma” and “Johnson” as they carried random boxes outside of Twitter headquarters and had corporate journalists believing they were fired data engineers worried they’d no longer be able to afford their Teslas.
CNBC reporter Deirdre Bosa reported Friday morning that two deposed Twitter engineers were “visibly shaken” as they carried boxes outside of the Big Tech corporation’s headquarters following Elon Musk’s official takeover.
The men told the media that their names were “Rahul Ligma,” and “Daniel Johnson.”
“Ligma” even had a copy of Michelle Obama’s book, while “Johnson” claimed to reporters that he had both a wife and a husband.
“Michelle Obama wouldn’t have happened if Elon Musk owned Twitter,” the man calling himself “Rahul Ligma,” told the press as he was interviewed.
“It’s happening,” Deirdre Bosa reported for CNBC. “Entire team of data engineers let go. These are two of them,” Bosa tweeted, using the hashtag “#TwitterTakeover.”
Twitter Fired
“It’s happening,” CNBC reported as they were fooled by “Ligma-Johnson” pranksters. “They are visibly shaken,” Bosa subsequently tweeted, continuing with her report on the two imaginary Twitter employees.
“Daniel tells us he owns a Tesla and doesn’t know how he’s going to make payments,” Bosa reported, adding that she believes Elon Musk was at the top of the man’s mind.
Tesla Twitter
At least one-half of the Ligma-Johnson duo was “visibly shaken” about his imaginary Tesla payments. After an initial flood of sympathy from anti-Musk tweeters, Bosa’s report was quickly determined to be the result of a prank, but not before the story was picked up by other mockingbird media outlets.
The two men Bosa and other corporate journalists interviewed outside of Twitter headquarters were merely a couple of guys carrying boxes and having a laugh, it turns out.
Their fake surnames combine to form Ligma-Johnson, an old crank call phrase that sounds a lot like “lick my johnson.”
As the report’s foundation cracked and CNBC was being ridiculed by the public, Bosa blamed Twitter’s communications department for not responding to her and confirming whether or not the men had actually worked there before she reported that they did.
Twitter Comms
After her reporting was questioned, Bosa tried to place the blame on Twitter’s communications department. Even when it became abundantly clear that Deirdra Bosa, CNBC, and other corporate reporters had fallen for a couple of box-carrying pranksters, Bosa refused to actually admit that she was wrong, and wrote to Twitter that she’s “not been able to confirm that they were actual or employees.”
CNBC Reaction
Later in the day, Deirdra Bosa posted a half-hearted retraction to her initial report, though she kept the tweets claiming that Ligma-Johnson were actual Twitter employees up on her page. As countless Twitter users mocked the fake news failure, even Elon Musk got in on the fun, posting to Twitter that “Ligma Johnson had it coming.”
Watch a corporate media interview with prankster “Rahul Ligma” below:
VIDEO AT LINK.......................
This one was a fake to cover up the firing of Heywood Jablomy and Mike Hunt.
LOLOL! Pikop Andropov
“Ligma” even had a copy of Michelle Obama’s book, while “Johnson” claimed to reporters that he had both a wife and a husband”
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
That is so funny. It fits the insane MSM cult-religion so well, they would never question it.
I’m sorry that Hugh Jazz got the boot...
“Ligma-Johnson”
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Lick ma Johnson.
BWAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Jim Nasium is laughing at this.
Great story—love to see a million more like it—the “journalists” are total clowns.
😜🤣😂🤣😂🤦♂️🤦♀️.............................
I hope Tucker Carlson has them as guests.
My kids are laughing their butts off. Ligma jokes are well known at my house.
Yes, it’s supposed to be “my wife and her boyfriend”....
Perfectly normal. Instead of worrying about tesla payments they may have gone with trouble over affording their child's sex change operation.
Where was her cousin, Ligma Ars?
Reminds me of the major prank pulled on the talking heads in San Francisco. Right after the tragic 2013 airplane crash, some prankster(s) typed out these ‘names’ of the pilots, and the idiot news reader / talking head just read them without taking a moment to realize these could never be real. There was even a graphic on the television screen:
Captain - Sum Ting Wong
Pilot - Wi Tu Lo
Pilot - Ho Lee Fuk
Engineer - Bang Ding Ow
Ah, yes..and one more Bay Area classic. When I used to drive quite a lot every day, and before one could check traffic on the internet, I would listen closely to the every-ten-minute radio traffic reports. One time, another intrepid news writer composed this for the radio reporter to read, live on the air: “There are reports of an overturned truck with a white powdery substance on Highway 880. Cleanup crews are on the way with straws.”. I was laughing so hard I had to remind myself to watch the road.
Hee-hee... "Lick my Johnson!", hee-hee... Bart Simpson at work!
Their fake surnames combine to form Ligma-Johnson, an old crank call phrase that sounds a lot like “lick my johnson.”
The greatest troll ever. What’s even funnier is the dimwits called the Feds to confirm the names and someone confirmed them.
Connie Lingus and Phil Adio wouldn’t comment.
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