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Oops! NY Times, other media hoaxed by fake Pope Francis Twitter account

We last wrote about New York Times reporter Robert Mackey when he used a progressive blog as a source for his smear job on Steven Crowder. On Wednesday, he reported at The Lede that Pope Francis has a Twitter account.

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NBC Washington and Boston.com also reported on the account:

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The @JMBergoglio account quickly attracted more than 100,000 followers.

But oops! It was a fake.

https://twitter.com/DavidKenner/status/311920888855535616

Twitter dropped the ban hammer on the fake @JMBergoglio account and corrections were issued.

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Those media outlets had plenty of company.

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/311930951104081920

https://twitter.com/AlexJamesFitz/status/311921742186684416

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