Surprise! The '@SherylLewellen' account that posted the viral video of the Patriot Front marchers is not really an attractive blonde digital/print journo who loves avocados

This viral video of the Patriot Front marchers from the now-suspended “@SherylLewellen” account, which was created just days ago, has over 1 million views:

https://twitter.com/SherylLewellen/status/1467243655488589826

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Now, if you saw this video earlier on Twitter, the account might have looked a little different. And that’s because the profile photo used to be of an attractive blonde woman whose bio claimed she was a digital/print journo with a love of avocados:

Wait, wait, why then would you create the account with an AI-generated profile pic and a matching fake Facebook profile? Do you even love avocados? pic.twitter.com/PNEoDHM38O

— Murray Rothbard (@MurraySuggests) December 5, 2021

That profile photo was created using AI:

There are multiple actual journalists reporting on this event, but for some reason everyone is sharing this tweet from an account made last month with an AI-generated face pic as its avatar.

Please be cautious about helping potentially inauthentic accounts build an audience. https://t.co/2tKz9MVFDy pic.twitter.com/Tv3CIiEccM

— Conspirador Norteño (@conspirator0) December 5, 2021

“A whole lot of big accounts took the bait on this one”:

The @SherylLewellen account (ID 1464674954272776200) has now removed the GAN-generated profile pic and changed its display name to "Reclaim America – PatriotFront(dot)US".

A whole lot of big accounts took the bait on this one. #DontGetFooledAgain pic.twitter.com/v4opaRfVUo

— Conspirador Norteño (@conspirator0) December 5, 2021

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“@SherylLewellen” was tweeting out other Patriot Front content before getting suspended:

. . . and now they're tweeting out a bunch of Patriot Front video content. pic.twitter.com/OKp3FA73T2

— Conspirador Norteño (@conspirator0) December 5, 2021

The account has since admitted that the goal was to “fool journalists into promoting Patriot Front’s demonstration in Washington D.C.”:

https://twitter.com/SherylLewellen/status/1467621652011888645

https://twitter.com/SherylLewellen/status/1467621656592101381

https://twitter.com/SherylLewellen/status/1467621661868449806

Mission accomplished!

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