That’s a fake account, with zero followers. That was retweeted almost 2,000 times in 10 minutes. Rest in peace tweets swiftly followed suit, as quite a few people, including Jake Tapper, fell for it.
RIP #MargaretThatcher One of the world's great conservative leaders! http://t.co/7LllaXor #tcot #gop #teaparty #sgp #tlot
— KatyinVegas (KatyinIndy) (@KatyinIndy) August 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/DamonLord/status/235463573978095616
RIP Margaret Thatcher. A towering figure in our history.
— Grant Merrill (@GrantMerrill) August 14, 2012
Oh dear. #RIP Margaret Thatcher. The Iron Lady. A warrior for liberty. A patriot.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/sallythomsett/status/235461775515074560
https://twitter.com/csimm16/status/235463098935427072
RIP Lady Margaret Thatcher. #IronLady
— ☪ Resist Tyranny ☪ (@ResistTyranny) August 14, 2012
Margaret Thatcher RIP
A woman with balls.— LΔURΔ LOU (@LauraLouMakeup) August 14, 2012
Helen Gurley Brown yesterday, Margaret Thatcher today. #RIP
— Kate Kennedy (@kate_editor) August 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/mantone1/status/235461813792292864
RIP Margaret Thatcher
— Simon Davies (@s1mon_d) August 14, 2012
#RIP Margaret Thatcher … the strongest woman of our lifetimes
— Market Inflections (@mktinflections) August 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/TheMadamEditor/status/235460732362293248
RIP Margaret Thatcher
— Russ (@russyork) August 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/DanielNagyHUN/statuses/235462651008929792
However:
WHOOPS fake account apologies. deleting
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 14, 2012
PSA: @officialskynews is a fake. If @skynews or @skynewsbreak were reporting that Margaret Thatcher had died, it would be credible.
— Liz Heron (@lheron) August 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/Ask2Recv/statuses/235462404518080512
Margaret Thatcher is not dead – @OfficialSkyNews is not a legitimate news account.
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) August 14, 2012
People. I don't think Sky News would set up a brand new account to tweet that Margaret Thatcher was dead. Just a clue, yeah?
— [Restricted] Animal (@politic_animal) August 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/llondo/statuses/235462386889396224
https://twitter.com/BusbyMUFC/statuses/235462815840890880
The last Thatcher death hoax was just a few months ago. How many more times will Thatcher “die”?
https://twitter.com/DanWrexham/status/235463165754892289
If I had a pound for every time Margaret Thatcher has died on Twitter I'd have enough to buy my council house.
— JB (@JBwol) August 14, 2012
Sad news that Margaret Thatcher has died for the 17th time this year #twitterrumours #beoriginal
— Pete (@Shenfieldpete) August 14, 2012
622 – Number of times Margaret Thatcher has been killed off by Twitter. Iron.
— OptaJoke (@OptaJoke) August 14, 2012
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