Why did a 13-year-old conservative star apparently hoax the White House?

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Why did a 13-year-old conservative star apparently hoax the White House?

By David Weigel


On Thursday afternoon, 13-year old CJ Pearson warned his 43,900 followers not to believe what they read. The black Georgia teenager, whose activism and online success had made him a youth outreach chairman for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), had been trading messages with a reporter for Glenn Beck's news site, The Blaze. Oliver Darcy, a reporter for the site, was asking Pearson to prove — as he had claimed, to great viral attention — that President Obama had truly blocked him on Twitter. In lieu of proof, Pearson was calling for help.

"In a few minutes, @oliverdarcy is going to release a hit article on me and I'm going to take it," Pearson wrote. "Because here's what the PR folks are saying: say you lied and apologize to avoid backlash. But, instead, I choose to stand by my word. While the article will be incriminating, all we have in politics is our word and I stand by it. Nevertheless, I'm disappointed in @theblaze."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/25/why-did-a-13-year-old-conservative-star-apparently-hoax-the-white-house/

[Ferretherder]

1. I'll give you a little hint...

...the answer is in the very question, itself!

...'conservative star'...

...they lie. 'Conservative stars' lie. It's what makes them 'stars' in the conservative universe. It's what they do!

[randome]

2. Nonsensical headline but good article.

Using 'hoax' as a verb implies he got away with something. But the only ones who fell for it were the usual Conservative nutbags.

They'll believe anything they read.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[merrily]

3. He's only 13. I hope he'll see the light when he is older.

[Gothmog]

4. I am confused as to why the conservatives think that this kid is bright