Showing posts with label RIP Mick Jagger hoax. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RIP Mick Jagger hoax. Show all posts

2.16.2011

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Jagger in Twitter hoax


Less than an hour ago, someone tweeted the phrase “RIP Mick Jagger.” It was a hoax but the word was out. Fast. It trended within minutes, generating the expected reaction (and the expected outrage) as the lie was retweeted around the world. “I bet a Bieber fan started this,” someone said. Tweets came thick and fast, at one point topping 150 a minute. They’re tapering off now, finally, as more people learn just how bad a joke can be. Jagger not alive? Please. Anyone who saw him at the Grammys on Sunday knows better than that.
Photo: From Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, NBC
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