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Several journalists were tricked by a fake viral tweet Thursday after a user claimed he was harassed by a representative of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R., after his “nephew” died in the school shooting. ‘Uvalde, Texas.
“Uvalde Update: We were finally able to see the bodies of my living nephews to confirm the identity. Shot in the face. we want to talk during this time. ”tweeted an anonymous user with the account @ MyCancerJourne3.
A screenshot of the Twitter viral cheating thread related to My Cancer Journey (Twitter / My Cancer Journey)
According to the thread, the man received a knock on his door four minutes after returning home, where he was greeted by a representative of Governor Abbott. The representative allegedly offered the man money to be with the governor and say that the US does not need stronger weapons laws, and the user claimed that the representative threatened him and his family not to follow the plan.
“We responded with f — you, try me and find out. Then we were told that people get hurt and disappear all the time. F — Greg Abbott and this harassment while we all cry,” he said. ‘man at the time. .
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But there was a problem. The whole story seems to have been totally invented. After an Abbott spokesman said the allegations were “completely false,” the My Cancer Journey account holder insisted that his account had been hacked and that he had no relatives in Uvalde.
“Someone somehow got into my account,” he said. The account was completely deleted for a while on Friday.
However, this did not stop several journalists from falling in love with the story of the account, which made several other statements skeptical. These claims and other information about the account were documented by journalist Andy Ngo in his own Twitter thread.
They included a 2020 tweet in which the man said a Washington state sheriff had killed another of his nephews and was the recipient of a purple heart. The man, who also claimed to be a prime minister on 9/11, has also boasted of firing on cars with a Trump flag, among other anti-Trump messages.
Abbott’s office denied the report in a statement to the media, saying it was clearly false.
Far-left political commentator Keith Olbermann was one of several to intervene in the man’s tweets.
“The nightmare continues. The DOJ has to sue Texas Gov. @ GregAbbott_TX’s office for embezzlement and intimidation. Read this thread. I’m speechless,” Olbermann tweeted.
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Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was tricked into a viral Twitter hoax attacking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Keith Olbermann / Twitter)
Olbermann later apologized for amplifying the story, accrediting CNN fact checker Daniel Dale, who wrote that he trusted the story to be “fiction.” Receiving a comment on Fox News Digital, Olbermann responded with obscenity to Fox viewers and employees.
“Hello, @SpeakerStraus it’s time to make a public statement and demand it [Abbott] Explain this, “tweeted Austin Chronicle culture editor Richard Whittaker, tagging Joe Strauss, a former president of the Texas House of Representatives.
Austin Chronicle culture editor Richard Whittaker fell in love with a viral Twitter story about Gov. Greg Abbott. (Richard Whittaker / Twitter)
Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison amplified the thread to the attention of Abbott and his followers.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Morrison said, “I shared the tweet with Governor Abbott’s office looking for an answer as to whether or not it was accurate. Once I learned it was false, I deleted the tweet.”
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“This whole channel. Read it. OMG,” CBS46 news presenter Shon Gables said.
Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison and CBS46’s Shon Gables react to a viral story about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The story turned out to be false. (Patt Morrison / Shon Gables / Twitter)
“IKYFL what !?” Added USA Today digital producer Brandon Gray.
In addition, Entertainment Weekly digital editor Yolando Machado, who goes by the Twitter address @SassyMamainLA, called Abbott a “killer” and asked where the FBI was while Abbott was “harassing the families of the victims “.
USA Today’s Brandon Gray and Entertainment Weekly’s Yolanda Machado react to a viral Twitter scam involving Governor Greg Abbott (Brandon Gray / Yolanda Mochado / Twitter)
Teresa Woodard, a weekend presenter and WFAA-TV senior reporter in Dallas, also took to Twitter to ask My Cancer Journey to contact her for more information on the story.
Katie Hall, president of the Austin News Guild and journalist for the Austin Statesman, also jumped into history, as did others in the Austin, Texas area.
Katie Halls’ reaction to a now-denied Twitter story involving Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Twitter / Katie Hall)
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Almost all of the above tweets have been deleted.