New York Magazine's headline overlooks imaginary status of Cory Booker's friend

Brett T. | 5:50 PM on August 29, 2013

@collegepolitico @intelligencer Of course. It's not like @CoryBooker is a Republican.

— China is lying (@jtLOL) August 29, 2013

You might not be reading about Senate candidate Cory Booker’s imaginary friend on BuzzFeed any time soon, but New York Magazine decided the news that Booker’s friend T-Bone doesn’t actually exist was worth a post. From the headline alone, though, you’d think the big scandal is that there’s a drug dealer in Newark, N.J., and the amiable Cory Booker isn’t friends with him.

Scandal: @CoryBooker Is Not Friends With Drug Dealer http://t.co/2ae7KURW6B

— Intelligencer (@intelligencer) August 29, 2013

The fact that Booker isn’t friends with T-Bone because T-Bone does not exist is mentioned in the following paragraph. Fortunately, the Star-Ledger has picked up the story, likely in part because Booker told the paper in 2007 that T-Bone “is 1,000 percent a real person.”

Star-Ledger has now picked up on the T-Bone story. Notably @CoryBooker is not responding to requests for comment. http://t.co/9XG8e98grR

— Brian Walsh (@brianjameswalsh) August 29, 2013

Imagine for a second the reaction from MSNBC's evening hosts if a Republican invented an imaginary drug dealer. http://t.co/JSxwaDtmkF

— Brian Walsh (@brianjameswalsh) August 29, 2013

Here’s a fun game to play while we wait to see who else picks up on the story.