As Twitchy reported, the story about a high school student making $72 million by trading stocks on his lunch break does not pass the smell test. Yet many media professionals, including financial reporters, appear to have fallen for it.
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Assistant Managing Editor at MarketWatch. Former social media editor and editorial project manager at the Wall Street Journal:
The teen wolf of Wall Street: http://t.co/2BupCallo7
— Brian Aguilar (@brianaguilar) December 15, 2014
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Madrid-based reporter for Marketwatch:
The teen wolf of Wall Street is rumored to be worth $72 million. http://t.co/nenAwWpOgz pic.twitter.com/1I6BqyLFzq
— Barbara Kollmeyer (@bkollmeyer) December 15, 2014
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Editor of Digital Projects for The Wall Street Journal:
He spent high school lunch breaks trading stocks. He's now worth $72 million: http://t.co/W6iDAa95rI
— Demetria Gallegos (@demetria_g) December 15, 2014
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Social Media Editor for the Los Angeles Times:
Good for him– Stuyvesant Senior Made $72 Million Trading Stocks on His Lunch Break http://t.co/CpvWniT5qm
— Stacey Leasca (@SLeasca) December 15, 2014
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Wall Street Journal reporter based in Hong Kong:
Teen wolf of Wall St makes $72 mln from stocks, bought a BMW but doesn't have a license to drive yet: http://t.co/17QiqZFoE2
— Chao Deng (@Chao_Deng) December 15, 2014
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Fox News producer:
https://twitter.com/laurenpeikoff/status/544506258623975425
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(Editor’s note: You can try to hide your tracks, Lauren, but Twitchy is forever.)
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Reporter at MarketWatch. Former TV producer at Fox Business:
The teen wolf of Wall St: High school student scores $72 million playing stock market: http://t.co/zNVbv9l8ci
— Sital S. Patel (@Sital) December 15, 2014
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MarketWatch editor:
17-year-old from Queens made $72 million by trading stocks on his lunch break at high school http://t.co/xNxR3KUiW8 pic.twitter.com/M7JeWoXLRl
— Michelle Coffey (@m_cof) December 15, 2014
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Digital editor for Wall Street Journal Real Estate:
https://twitter.com/hustonca/status/544508454342512641
(Editor’s note: She deleted her tweet, but we all know that trick never works. Nice try, Caitlin!)
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Education reporter for WNYC public radio:
Stuyvesant HS Senior Made $72 Million Trading Stocks on His Lunch Break http://t.co/PdqmMW6R1i via @sharethis
— Beth Fertig (@bethfertig) December 15, 2014