Fake Twitter Accounts

These Twitter Accounts Do Not Belong To The Pope

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 03.14.2013 | Technology

Read More: Pope Francis, Social Media, Video, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Twitter, Fake Twitter Accounts, Pope Twitter, Pope Francis Twitter, Facebook, Technology News

As soon as the new Pope was chosen, a land-grab for Pope Twitter handles commenced, as did a swirl of confusion over what was real. One account in...

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Comedy Resolutions For 2013

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn & Ross Luippold | Posted 01.03.2013 | Comedy

Read More: 2013 Resolutions, The Tonight Show, Hecklers, Are Women Funny, Fake Twitter Accounts, Adam Carolla, Women Aren't Funny, Video, Aziz Ansari, Louis CK, Jay Leno, Funny Videos, Snl, Saturday Night Live, Parody Twitter Accounts, New Years Resolutions, Jimmy Fallon, Web Videos, Comedy News

Here at HuffPost Comedy, we get to spend the year finding the funniest stuff on the Internet and trying our hardest to get you, our readers, to love t...

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Wise Words From Our Female TV Characters On Twitter

The Huffington Post | Lori Fradkin | Posted 09.18.2012 | Women

Read More: Tv Characters, Donna Parks and Recreation, Retta, Retta Donna, Fall TV 2012, Fake Twitter Accounts, Characters on Tv, Donna Parks and Rec, Fall TV, Women News

"Dating is a zero-sum dating. If you get a man, I don't get that man," Parks Department employee Donna Meagle once told Ann Perkins, Pawnee nurse and ...

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Inside The Weird World Of Fake 'Newsroom' Twitters

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 08.03.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, The Newsroom Twitter, The Newsroom, Video, Hbo, Aaron Sorkin the Newsroom, Fake Twitter Accounts, Drunk Will Mcavoy, Newsroom Fake Twitter, The Newsroom Hbo, TV News

The night that HBO's drama "The Newsroom" premiered, comedian Patton Oswalt Tweeted a call to arms for would-be satirists to take aim at one of the sh...

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Fake College Presidents Tweet About Embarrassing Undergrads And Being 'Sexiled'

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 06.17.2012 | College

Read More: Parody Twitter, College Presidents, Fake College Presidents, Twitter, Parody Twitter Accounts, Slidepollajax, Fake Twitter Accounts, Video, College News

Don't be fooled; that wasn't really your college's president tweeting that he was "sexiled" or that he planned to "mic check" Rick Perry's speech on c...

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What College Presidents Can Gain From Tweeting

Amanda Walgrove | Posted 06.16.2012 | College

College presidents who make their forays into social media can serve to further personalize their institutions through online engagement and foster connection with a vast digital audience interested in the workings of an educational institution.

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The Best NetflixGlobalPR Tweets So Far

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 11.20.2011 | Comedy

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After raising membership prices earlier this year and being met with some resistance, Netflix announced this week that it will be separating its strea...

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Fake Followers and Twitter Astroturf: It's Sorta Social, Demented and Sad, But Social

Celia Alario | Posted 10.09.2011 | Green

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I couldn't help but think of that great line from The Breakfast Club when I read that Big Oil has resorted to creating fake Twitter accounts in order to fabricate an illusion of 'grassroots' support for the controversial Keystone pipeline project.

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Fake Tweeps in D.C.

HuffingtonPost.com | Mandy Jenkins | Posted 08.10.2011 | Politics

Read More: Weinergate, Politics, Social Media, Anthony Weiner, Politico, Twitter, Anthony Weiner Twitter, John Bolton, Fake Twitter Accounts, Washington DC, Adrian Fenty, Anthony Weiner Photos, Politics News

As a scandal rooted in social media, it's fitting that Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-N.Y.) Twitter antics would lead to the creation of a fake Twitter acco...

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Obama's Autopen Now Tweeting

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 07.27.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Obama's Autopen, Autopen, President Obama Autopen, Social Media, Obamasautopen, Patriot Act, Obama Autopen, Twitter, Potus, Fake Twitter Accounts, Auto Pen, Comedy News

The autopen, the device that President Obama used just before midnight Thursday night to sign the order extending the Patriot Act by four years, has s...

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MayorEmanuel Gets A Book Deal

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

There are many fake Twitter accounts in the world, but few have attracted more attention than @MayorEmanuel. The incredibly popular account created ...

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MayorEmanuel Disappears Into 'Time Vortex'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) -- Rahm Emanuel complained that he didn't know it was OK to bring a ventriloquist's dummy to a debate. He marveled at a tiny model of Tok...

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Rahm Offers $2,500 For Identity Of Foul-Mouthed Twitter Imposter

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Mayoremanuel, Twitter, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayors Race, Rahm Emanuel Twitter, Rahm Emanuel Mayor, Fake Twitter Accounts, Chicago Mayor, Chicago News

Almost immediately after Rahm Emanuel left the White House, the Twitter handle @MayorEmanuel was created. Many followed the account thinking it was th...

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