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cwydro

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19. Sadly, even peeps on DU fall for fake news.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #13)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 02:34 AM

Dec 2016

I once knew a very old man who told me to "not believe any of what you hear, and only half of what you see."

This was before the internet, but dayum, he was right.

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Can anyone check that this KellyAnne Conway tweet is real? [View all] pnwmom Dec 2016 OP

I saw her do the winky thing on an interview before the election. shraby Dec 2016 #1

That is her Twitter handle mcar Dec 2016 #2

You'd have to search for the URL for her twitter feed in the Wayback Machine, Silver Gaia Dec 2016 #3

So I looked under pnwmom Dec 2016 #4

I just tried it, too, and found the same thing. Silver Gaia Dec 2016 #5

Are you seriously asking this question? oberliner Dec 2016 #6

Yes, I was. Can you explain what is obvious about that? pnwmom Dec 2016 #7

Do you understand that anyone can post a screenshot of a fake tweet? oberliner Dec 2016 #8

From what I know of KellyAnne, I could imagine her posting it and deleting it. nt pnwmom Dec 2016 #10

What are you basing that on? oberliner Dec 2016 #12

She's attached herself to people who are perfectly comfortable using pnwmom Dec 2016 #15

She was the one responsible for taking away DT's twitter access temporarily oberliner Dec 2016 #17

There's always a first time. Her remark about the women with cat pictures pnwmom Dec 2016 #18

It's fake melman Dec 2016 #9

Thank you! pnwmom Dec 2016 #11

How can anyone think this could have been a real tweet? oberliner Dec 2016 #13

It's a world in which a DRUMPF can occupy the space called POTUS UTUSN Dec 2016 #14

+1000. n/t pnwmom Dec 2016 #16

Sadly, even peeps on DU fall for fake news. cwydro Dec 2016 #19