Yesterday, satirical site The Daily Currant posted a story about Sarah Palin saying that Jesus had celebrated Easter. The story was complete B.S., of course, but just as has been the case with other Daily Currant articles, people totally fell for it:
https://twitter.com/stephenjdavis1/status/393433319712382976
https://twitter.com/Patsy1207/status/393449674520403968
https://twitter.com/Jo_Haseltine/status/393446543174275072
https://twitter.com/ThePeteBye/status/393395209888735234
Among those who were duped: None other than doofus Piers Morgan.
And she's back! > http://t.co/ufsdJ1aTPC .. @SarahPalinUSA
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 24, 2013
The Daily Caller’s “Jim Treacher” couldn’t pass up a golden opportunity to give Musket a verbal beatdown:
.@piersmorgan @SarahPalinUSA You are stupid. The Daily Currant is like The Onion, except even less funny.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 24, 2013
Piers returned fire with deflection:
Poor old @jtLOL – so easy to wind up…. not the brightest of spanners are you, buddy?@SarahPalinUSA @DailyCaller
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 24, 2013
And opened himself up to even more smacking:
.@piersmorgan @SarahPalinUSA @DailyCaller Not nearly as bright as you, chum. You MEANT to do that! 😉
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 24, 2013
Oh yeah. Piers totally knew it was fake the whole time!
I do, yes…relax > RT > RT @JMoulder @piersmorgan You do realize this is a satire website, right?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 24, 2013
But who cares? Because the story may as well have been true:
@jackmcoldcuts The Daily Currant fools a few people. Usually it's those desperate to sustain their agendas. @piersmorgan @SarahPalinUSA
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) October 24, 2013
In some cases it's truly tragic that these DailyCurrant stories are fake http://t.co/Nk62X6CmJx
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 24, 2013
That Sarah Palin … such a rube! Right, Piers?
That's the beauty of it > RT @YouTubeRob @SarahPalinUSA @piersmorgan hilarious even if its fake. Why? I believed it.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 24, 2013
We saw much more beauty in watching Piers try — and fail — to play it cool:
Whoa… it's not????? Damn! > RT @Super_Story: Hey @piersmorgan you know thats not a real news website right?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 24, 2013
Of course I did! #quarterwits > RT @FreeBeacon .@piersmorgan may have fallen for a fake news site http://t.co/IyA6Yq15BP
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 24, 2013
Treacher wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of getting away with it:
@piersmorgan @FreeBeacon Of course you didn't.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 24, 2013
I won't bother denying I'm a tool, but @PiersMorgan is just angry that I've dismantled him. http://t.co/LGW21Tvwuo
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 24, 2013
A desperate Piers turned to condescension:
Jim, Jim, JIM…. you must try and keep up with British sarcasm. Come on mate, you can do it… > @jtLOL
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 24, 2013
But he should’ve known better than to bring a butter knife to an intellectual gun fight:
@piersmorgan Of course you are, "mate." 😉
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 24, 2013
Teehee!
@piersmorgan @jtLOL Or, another alternative, Piers…you could man up and admit you got duped. It's happened to us all one time or another.
— Jim Rose ☕️ (@JimRoseVSOP) October 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/OrwellForce/status/393411042203533312
https://twitter.com/informedblackmn/status/393414876216840193
That’s a burn, right there. But since Morgan’s a glutton for punishment, he kept going:
Et tu, Stupidite? > RT @BreitbartNews: CNN Anchor Spreads Fake Story Trashing Palin: http://t.co/mrEbeuujrb"
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 24, 2013
And got pwned some more:
@piersmorgan @BreitbartNews @jtLOL Actually, there’s no noun for “stupid” in Latin. It’s only used as an adjective. Tu stultus es!
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) October 24, 2013
Oh, Musket … when will you learn?
@piersmorgan @BreitbartNews The more you insist you meant to do that, the more plausible it is. Please continue.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 24, 2013
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