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[ PRIVACY Forum ] BuzzFeed Outs Twitter User Behind Last Night's
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Tue Oct 30 21:43:30 2012
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BuzzFeed Outs Twitter User Behind Last Night's Biggest Sandy Lie
http://j.mp/QTiyNA (Slate)
"The Sandy-themed whopper that caused the most fuss was that the floor
of the New York Stock Exchange was under three feet of water,
something that was reported as fact by CNN and others late last night
before Twitter users moved quickly to self-correct the false report.
So who was behind that rumor (along with a few others, such as a
Manhattan-wide blackout)? According to BuzzFeed, which did some
digital sleuthing last night and this morning: Shashank Tripathi, a
NYC hedge fund analyst and GOP congressional campaign manager who uses
the @comfortablysmug Twitter handle."
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