News Anchor, Actor Fooled by Idiotic Fake Ted Cruz ‘Girl Scout’ Story
Here’s a little hot tip for all you Twitterers out there – if you see a story that’s too good to be true, and it feeds your political biases, it probably isn’t true and if you tweet it you’ll look like a moron.
Oh here’s a handy example!
Absolutely false. Untrue. And you should be utterly ashamed for tweeting this. Please apologize. https://t.co/Rlvc9x5OnL
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) May 10, 2015
Yeah that’s Ted Cruz’s communications director and she had to break the news to this local news anchor that he got bamboozled by a fake news story on a fake news site:
Ted Cruz says veterans should sell cookies for funding like Girl Scouts: http://t.co/ybUyCgeX55 pic.twitter.com/Vl8ZWqdBrt
— David Nelson (@DavidNelsonNews) May 10, 2015
If you’ll notice, the website has an extra “.co” part to the link, which means it’s not the real USA Today site. But ol’ David Nelson don’t care because he just likes stories that make Ted Cruz look dumb. Of course, Ted Cruz would absolutely destroy David Nelson in debate, but hey let’s not left facts get in the way.
Here’s another moron caught by Amanda:
Not true!! You were duped by a fake news site. Check the link dot-co!! https://t.co/81Y5GT0uyN
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) May 11, 2015
Here’s the second moron’s tweet:
How bout we fund wars this way instead, "Patriot"? ~ Ted Cruz: Vets Should Sell Cookies For Funding, Like Girl Scouts http://t.co/nfoxgPgxiV
— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) May 10, 2015
Neither have deleted their tweets, so the story will keep propagating forever, making Ted Cruz look dumb. Because liberals can’t debate open and honestly, they have to disseminate lies.
UPDATE!! David has deleted his tweet, as you can see above:
Earlier tweet appearing to be a USA Today story about Ted Cruz was false & not a real story. Apologies.
— David Nelson (@DavidNelsonNews) May 11, 2015
For the record–satirists are ripping off USA Today website as a dot-co to issue a fake report about Ted Cruz and veterans. It's a lie!
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) May 11, 2015
Now go and make fun of both of them for us on Twitter. Thanks!