Trump's campaign manager tweets out a hoax news story designed to trick people

[sinkspur]

 
Brian Stelter
‏@brianstelter Brian Stelter Retweeted Corey Lewandowski


Trump's campaign manager is sharing a hoax news story — a site pretending to be ABC News — designed to trick people

Brian Stelter is the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources"

Here is Lewandowski's Tweet:


Corey LewandowskiVerified account
‏@CLewandowski_
http://abcnews.com.co/donald-trump-protester-speaks-out-i-was-paid-to-protest/ …


The website is a phony website, not ABC's, and the story is a complete fabrication.

[A-Lert]

How can one be assured the tweets actually came from Brian or Corey????????

[ABX]

Looks like Cory pulled it but it was on Brian's page. Ann Coulter had also retweeted it from Cory's account.

Trump's campaign manager is sharing a hoax news story — a site pretending to be ABC News — designed to trick people https://t.co/NH5alkJX56

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter)

March 25, 2016

Apparently, @AnnCoulter also can't distinguish between fake news websites and real ones. https://t.co/S64BSzfQCj

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy)

March 25, 2016

[ABX]

How can one be assured the tweets actually came from Brian or Corey????????

Well, it is still on Brian's account, and he did retweet it from Corey's official account and a lot of people commented on it before Corey deleted it. Apparently Ann Coulter also retweeted it from Corey's official account too.

https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/713480144166395906

[A-Lert]

Well, it is still on Brian's account, and he did retweet it from Corey's official account and a lot of people commented on it before Corey deleted it. Apparently Ann Coulter also retweeted it from Corey's official account too.

https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/713480144166395906

Re tweeting what was posted? How can we be assured the accounts weren't hacked? I take all of this with a grain of salt.

[ABX]

Re tweeting what was posted? How can we be assured the accounts weren't hacked? I take all of this with a grain of salt.

Always a possibility. But it seems if it was a hack, they could have done a lot more damage than a 'fake but plausible' story, especially as, right around the same time Corey was posting many other, business as usual tweets for the campaign.

Someone hacking could have gone nuts on the account.

[A-Lert]

Always a possibility. But it seems if it was a hack, they could have done a lot more damage than a 'fake but plausible' story, especially as, right around the same time Corey was posting many other, business as usual tweets for the campaign.

Someone hacking could have gone nuts on the account.

Then it wouldn't look as believable, would it?

[Meshuge Mikey]

  the name  of the domains registrant is not available as they registered through a company which cloaks such data

[sinkspur]

#TrumplovesPecker is now trending on Twitter.  LOL!

[ABX]

Then it wouldn't look as believable, would it?

True, but it also isn't really damaging, more like an 'oops' so what would be the point of a hack?

[ABX]

#TrumplovesPecker is now trending on Twitter.  LOL!

LOL, I thought you were kidding, but it is the #2 trending topic. Apparently the National Enquirer thing is starting to backfire.

[A-Lert]

True, but it also isn't really damaging, more like an 'oops' so what would be the point of a hack?

No such thing as an 'oops' . Whether true or not, the damage has been done. If dirty tricks didn't work, no one would bother.

[A-Lert]

#TrumplovesPecker is now trending on Twitter.  LOL!

Wow, is that ever classy. That's right out of the liberal playbook.

[ABX]

Wow, is that ever classy. That's right out of the liberal playbook.

Pecker is the name of the National Enquirer CEO who is Trump's friend.

[Wingnut]

LOL.  Some thing just work out in life.

Just like Carlos Danger....  Every Pecker or Wiener has his day!

[Chosen Daughter]

I have one

http: www.loser.com

[A-Lert]

Pecker is the name of the National Enquirer CEO who is Trump's friend.

And that makes it acceptable? Like I stated, right out of the liberal playbook.

[EC]

Twitter is like the sea. Vast, with currents both visible and deep.

And, just like the sea, sewage always floats to the top.

To go back to the original - it's not unlikely the OP got fooled. It's happened here before, to my certain knowledge - an abcnews.com.co story posted as fact.