Texas Gov. took his Twitter feed to some low places over the weekend when he was duped by a satire website into sharing literal fake news about country music icon .
Abbott linked to a story about Brooks from a satire website called The Dunning-Kruger Times. If the isn’t enough of a giveaway, the site that it’s part of “a network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery,” and adds: “If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
The story Abbott shared at the 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree in Hambriston, Texas.
But the jamboree isn’t a real event, and Hambriston isn’t a real place ― details that apparently raised no red flags with the governor as he tweeted the story.
“Go woke. Go broke,” Abbott tweeted. “Good job, Texas.”
Abbott linked to a story about Brooks from a satire website called The Dunning-Kruger Times. If the isn’t enough of a giveaway, the site that it’s part of “a network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery,” and adds: “If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
The story Abbott shared at the 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree in Hambriston, Texas.
But the jamboree isn’t a real event, and Hambriston isn’t a real place ― details that apparently raised no red flags with the governor as he tweeted the story.
“Go woke. Go broke,” Abbott tweeted. “Good job, Texas.”
