WFT is wrong with these people? I hope there is some charge that can be brought against him.

[Skidmore]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/30/republican-campaign-manager-unmasked-as-source-of-fake-sandy-tweets/

The campaign manager for a New York Republican congressional candidate has been named as the man behind a series of fake tweets, one of which was picked up in the media, as Hurricane Sandy made its way through New York City Monday night.

Buzzfeed reported Tuesday that Shashank Tripathi, a local hedge fund manager and contributor to New York Magazine, is behind the @ComfortablySmug Twitter account, which posted several false reports during the storm, including a tweet saying the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was “under more than 3 feet of water,” that was initially picked up by CNN before the network posted a correction.

Tripathi is listed as the campaign manager for Christopher R. Wight, the GOP candidate in New York’s 12 congressional district. Calls to both Wight’s campaign office and the cell phone listed for Tripathi on Wight’s campaign website, as well as the magazine, were not answered.


Tripathi also allegedly posted fake reports of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo being “trapped in Manhattan” and that Con Edison had shut down all electrical power in Manhattan, a statement the company refuted on Twittter... more


Raw Story (http://s.tt/1rnQS)

[enlightenment]

1. Attention seeking often reaches the level of a pathology.

Looks like this guy needs treatment, because that's just not rational behavior.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. What an ass!

I doubt it breaks any laws, but it was a classless thing to do.

I do find it amusing that CNN was punked by an idiot tweeting malarkey.

[flamingdem]

3. Some sick idea of fun, some reported here like the NYSE w/3 feet of water nt

[byeya]

4. If the AG can show probable cause that the communications caused panic, harm,

or caused people to feel that they were at risk during the emergency, then the local AG should
proceed with charges.

If there was a "state of emergency" then the bar to probable cause is lowered.

[madinmaryland]

5. That is why I am always a bit skeptical of tweets during emergencies. Yes they can be useful, but

you can also end up with a lot of chaff.