The Daily Currant has struck again, this time possibly tricking Re/code Executive Editor Kara Swisher into thinking that the satirical website’s latest piece on Sarah Palin was real!
Swisher is denying she was duped, however, so we’ll post everything that happened and let you decide for yourself.
First up, here’s the fake news story:
Sarah Palin: ‘Native Americans Should Go Back to Nativia’ http://t.co/ljUq18eekZ
— The Daily Currant (@TheDailyCurrant) September 7, 2015
Clearly fake, right?
Now … here’s what Swisher tweeted last night:
Can we build a wall around her idiocy (too big?): Sarah Palin: 'Native Americans Should Go Back to Nativia' http://t.co/14WPbuegDw
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) September 8, 2015
This certainly doesn’t read like someone who knows that they’ve just linked to a fake story.
After much mocking — and 3 hours later — Swisher posted this, claiming she knew all along that it was a fake news site:
last tweet was a parody; I thought people would get since it's named after a raisin. Here's dumb thing palin said: http://t.co/mxIsj49aFK
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) September 8, 2015
But — and it’s a big ‘but’ — immediately after tweeting the story in the first place, Swisher’s own words in a response to podcaster PJ Vogt do sound like she’s admitting she was duped. You decide:
@karaswisher it's fake! Daily currant is like an unfunny onion.
— PJ Vogt (@PJVogt) September 8, 2015
@PJVogt dang! It is sad because it sounds like she would say it
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) September 8, 2015
Michelle Malkin, and others, called her on it, with Swisher brushing it off:
@karaswisher But YOU didn't know it was a parody until after you posted your tweet==> https://t.co/TJ7AaibAXX
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 8, 2015
@michellemalkin @PJVogt sigh. Move along Michelle
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) September 8, 2015
Over to you, readers. Should we “move along” or does Swisher owe Palin an apology?
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