Busty squad of fake Rachel Maddow fans promotes her show with identical spam tweets; Update: Accounts suspended, MSNBC tweets statement

Like her idol. Rachel Maddow Using Multiple Fake Twitter Accounts To Boost Mentions Of Show? http://t.co/A9GHDXbI8A via @DanRiehl

— Deplorable Covfefe (@deeplorabl) March 2, 2013

A thread at Free Republic suggests that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow “has been using phony twitter accounts to boost her ‘mentions’ on” Twitter. A search yields hundreds of identical tweets like this:

https://twitter.com/sexyayeshamoosa/statuses/305314430630113280

https://twitter.com/missshericelanz/status/305314823783202816

https://twitter.com/sexy_joyabroadn/status/306461609465884672

https://twitter.com/its_kassie5838/status/307799405967310849

https://twitter.com/therealtranmanh/status/307566196922937344

Twitter user @LeftyBollocks shared a screen shot of just some of the tweets from apparent spambots.

Ever wonder how a show nobody watches (#Maddow) trends on Twitter? Pay for spam bots => pic.twitter.com/ltpyUK1ua1

— Lefty Bollocks (@LeftyBollocks) March 2, 2013

The tweets from cleavage-flaunting Maddow “fans” date back to at least Feb. 23. Using the DoesFollow service, Twitchy checked dozens of the accounts to determine whether any actually follow Rachel Maddow on Twitter.

The answer?

In fact, many of these accounts have few followers and follow no one, and most have tweeted the hashtag #TeamFollowback. That hashtag is often used by spammers to build follower counts so their accounts seem more legitimate.

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https://twitter.com/missshericelanz/status/307898794803097600

https://twitter.com/sexy_joyabroadn/status/307817891535912963

You’re unique! Just like every other Maddow-lovin’ spammer.

https://twitter.com/collegepolitico/status/307722546957144065

LOL jk. I'm not a spam bot…

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) March 2, 2013

Did Maddow or one of her staffers launch a paid campaign to trend the #Maddow hashtag on Twitter?

https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/307717233470226433

Conservative Twitter users have their suspicions.

https://twitter.com/icwhatudo/status/307706370369662976

awwwww @maddow … you really had to 'fake it' on Twitter? #sosad #maddow

— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) March 2, 2013

The good thing for #Maddow is her five viewers will never hear that she's a fraud and her network will never mention it.

— Small g Gay (@SmallgGay) March 2, 2013

https://twitter.com/brady_cremeens/status/307728495377793024

OH my lots of fail on that @Maddow RT @BryTupper: Being accused of using fake twitter accounts to boost up mentions/trends for her show. #

— Marc T Grove (@MarcTGroveSr) March 2, 2013

This news of @maddow using fake Twitter accounts to spam on behalf of her show has me stunned. I don’t know what to believe anymore.

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) March 2, 2013

https://twitter.com/icwhatudo/status/307716112110465024

For now, the flood of #Maddow spam-tweets appears to have ended.

https://twitter.com/icwhatudo/status/307886236738129920

Heh.

Update:

And … they’re back:

https://twitter.com/hottietarra7778/status/307902239232643072

https://twitter.com/itsdainebahamon/status/307903249766309892

Update:

Twitter suspends fake accounts that pimped Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show

Update:

MSNBC tweeted a statement that was retweeted by the verified Maddow Blog account.

RT @msnbcPR Spam on #maddow hashtag is not coming from the show or any producers. Have reached out to Twitter to investigate

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 2, 2013