Yeah, we know your verification system sucks, Twitter.
Considering the majority of our editors here at Twitchy have been turned down over and over again for verification (the last one based on an email they said wasn’t correct that they were actually emailing?!) so the fact they verified a fake account does not surprise us one bit.
It’s always been political.
This makes them getting caught this way even funnier.
Twitter VERIFIED this obviously fake account????? pic.twitter.com/IhcEa9sXxW
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) August 2, 2021
Yes.
They did.
Shocker.
**sighs deeply** I have emailed Cormac McCarthy's agent and publisher about this
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) August 2, 2021
HA HA HA HA HA HA
We love it.
A representative from McCarthy's publisher has confirmed that this is a fake account
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) August 2, 2021
Whoda thunk?
Oh, that’s right, everybody.
McCarthy's agent has also confirmed that this is not Cormac McCarthy: "It's obviously not him."
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) August 2, 2021
Psh.
Obvs.
I would like to thank Twitter's horrible verification system for forcing me to email Binky Urban about this stupid account
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) August 2, 2021
We would like to thank Twitter’s horrible verification system for ignoring Twitchy editors who deserve their blue checks and have for years and years.
Tommaso Debenedetti is unsurprisingly thrilled by the news that a hoax account has been verified pic.twitter.com/9u2Z1MfmT0
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) August 2, 2021
Twitter has a real blindspot for fake Cormac McCarthys https://t.co/nNvt5ruaYh
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) August 2, 2021
and just like that @CormacMcCrthy is no longer verified pic.twitter.com/N8Z3NkQ5v7
— Alex Shephard (@alex_shephard) August 2, 2021
Heh.
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