Author Topic: The Jennifer Carr Hoax (Read 5274 times)

ABX · « **on:** March 30, 2016, 03:31:16 am »

A quick posting before anyone follows it. Twitter and freepers are abuzz with a tweet from an account that goes by LA Times Jenn Carr. Here is the Tweet in question.

I had affair with @tedcruz when I worked in his office back in 2012-20013 @realDonaldTrump I was told to stay quiet by his campaign handlers
— Jennifer Carr (@LATimesJennCarr)

March 28, 2016

Immediately, a lot of people found problems with that account. First, there is no Jenn Carr working for the LA Times.
Most importantly though, if you scroll down in that account's posts, you'll see that it is a lot of sports betting spam.

Reddit was also on top of it.

from r/The_Donald

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/4cix5w/please_stop_with_the_jennifer_carr_posts/

There are a LOT of accounts like this driving traffic to sports betting sites. Apparently, someone decided they would use their spam account to drive up their followers.

One more bit of evidence (as if anything else is needed), the profile pic she uses is shared by hundreds of twitter accounts of one form of spambait or another. (Google reverse image search)

http://tinyurl.com/hvfwnvo

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2016, 03:45:19 am »

I found the profile pic suspect too....

ABX · « **Reply #2 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:28:14 am »

Twitter finally deleted the fake account after it was called out as a hoax.
https://twitter.com/LATimesJennCarr

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #3 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:33:36 am »

Quote from: AbaraXas on March 30, 2016, 04:28:14 am

Twitter finally deleted the fake account after it was called out as a hoax.
https://twitter.com/LATimesJennCarr

Soooooo......the question arises. Was this a Roger Stone/Donny Drumpf idea to breath life into the dead corpse of a smear on Cruz? Trumps numbers are cratering and they are running out of ideas for a distraction from their poorly run campaign.

ABX · « **Reply #4 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:36:13 am »

Quote from: Frank Cannon on March 30, 2016, 04:33:36 am

Soooooo......the question arises. Was this a Roger Stone/Donny Drumpf idea to breath life into the dead corpse of a smear on Cruz? Trumps numbers are cratering and they are running out of ideas for a distraction from their poorly run campaign.

In this particular case, looks to be a sports betting website just looking for the publicity to drive up numbers. They gained 20K+ followers in a few hours.

ABX · « **Reply #5 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:43:30 am »

Soopermexican caught it too with more evidence.
http://soopermexican.com/2016/03/30/pro-trump-idiots-fooled-by-fake-account-latimesjenncarr-claiming-cruz-affair/

The account had been sending hoaxes many times before.

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #6 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:44:25 am »

Quote from: AbaraXas on March 30, 2016, 04:36:13 am

In this particular case, looks to be a sports betting website just looking for the publicity to drive up numbers. They gained 20K+ followers in a few hours.

Soooooo.....the question arises. Were the payouts good on those gambling site? My bookie has been letting me down lately.

ABX · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:50:59 am »

More info on hoax. People are still passing screenshots around twitter.
http://therightscoop.com/trump-supporters-easily-fooled-by-a-hoax-account-claiming-an-affair-with-cruz/

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:57:39 am »

Quote from: AbaraXas on March 30, 2016, 04:50:59 am

More info on hoax. People are still passing screenshots around twitter.
http://therightscoop.com/trump-supporters-easily-fooled-by-a-hoax-account-claiming-an-affair-with-cruz/

Just took a spin through those twitter accounts. They are by far the stupidest lot of people I have run across in quite a while.

A-Lert · « **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2016, 05:00:40 am »

Quote from: Frank Cannon on March 30, 2016, 04:33:36 am

Soooooo......the question arises. Was this a Roger Stone/Donny Drumpf idea to breath life into the dead corpse of a smear on Cruz? Trumps numbers are cratering and they are running out of ideas for a distraction from their poorly run campaign.

You've got a Trump obsession.

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #10 on:** March 30, 2016, 05:02:46 am »

Quote from: A-Lert on March 30, 2016, 05:00:40 am

You've got a Trump obsession.

Hey Jackson. You are aware this is a political forum right? This is a Presidential election year with Trump as one of the candidates right?

A-Lert · « **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2016, 05:06:24 am »

Quote from: Frank Cannon on March 30, 2016, 05:02:46 am

Hey Jackson. You are aware this is a political forum right? This is a Presidential election year with Trump as one of the candidates right?

Names not Jackson and I'm aware there are other candidates seeking the presidential nomination. Are you?

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #12 on:** March 30, 2016, 05:11:33 am »

Quote from: A-Lert on March 30, 2016, 05:06:24 am

Names not Jackson and I'm aware there are other candidates seeking the presidential nomination. Are you?

So Dorothy, Kasich and Pecker at the Enquirer are the ones peddling the Cruz sleeps around garbage? That's interesting.

Free Vulcan · « **Reply #13 on:** March 30, 2016, 05:29:31 am »

Dunno, just talked to Dan Rather, he says it seems very fake but accurate.

mountaineer · « **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2016, 09:23:22 am »

Quote from: Free Vulcan on March 30, 2016, 05:29:31 am

Dunno, just talked to Dan Rather, he says it seems very fake but accurate.

Check the font!

EC · « **Reply #15 on:** March 30, 2016, 09:25:29 am »

Comic Sans?

ABX · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2016, 06:05:06 pm »

Come on y'all. We have a lot of eyes on this thread because it is being used to debunk people passing the hoax along. Lets make sure it represents the best of this site.

ABX · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:02:01 pm »

Update on this. The girl whose photo was used in that fake twitter account is having her life destroyed because of it. (I still see people passing around the fake screenshots on twitter and facebook).

Quote

DePaul student unexpectedly tangled in alleged Ted Cruz sex scandal

A DePaul student was unexpectedly caught in the middle of a short-lived political scandal. Her picture was used to help spread a rumor about a presidential candidate that wasn't true.

Samantha Rivera said her phone was ringing so much it woke her up Wednesday morning. There were also texts and emails asking her if she had an affair with a presidential candidate. The journalism major at DePaul says nothing she learned in public relations classes prepared her for this.

Rivera's profile picture is at the center of an alleged sex scandal involving Republican Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz.

Rivera said someone used her picture and created a fake Twitter account claiming to be someone named Jennifer Carr, a writer for the Los Angeles Times. Carr isn't real, but whoever created the Twitter account tweeted that she was a mistress of the Texas senator.

http://abc11.com/1272097/

Meshuge Mikey · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:10:10 pm »

Has Mr Gravitas Denied having had anything to do with this fiasco yet? Im certain that our Next Great Leader.... will be able to clear his wonderful name......

A-Lert · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:13:17 pm »

Quote from: AbaraXas on April 02, 2016, 08:02:01 pm

Update on this. The girl whose photo was used in that fake twitter account is having her life destroyed because of it. (I still see people passing around the fake screenshots on twitter and facebook).

Wow, fake accounts......who'd ever do something like that? The internet is swimming in outright lies, false information, disinformation and misinformation. We've reached the point now where even what we see with our own eyes can't be believed. It must be corroborated.

A-Lert · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:14:10 pm »

Quote from: Meshuge Mikey on April 02, 2016, 08:10:10 pm

Has Mr Gravitas Denied having had anything to do with this fiasco yet? Im certain that our Next Great Leader.... will be able to clear his wonderful name......

Are you accusing?