The billionaire entrepreneur commended CNBC’s “ace reporting” after the outlet was duped by pranksters
Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk took shots at the mainstream media after men posing as newly fired Twitter employees tricked reporters, with at least two outlets taking the bait before quietly editing their stories.
The pair of pranksters were seen milling around Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters with boxes in hand on Friday, identifying themselves to journalists as ‘Rahul Ligma’ and ‘Daniel Johnson’ while claiming to be recently sacked software engineers.
While agencies such as CNBC and Bloomberg initially covered the story with a straight face, even citing interviews with the two men, both outlets later amended their articles to note that ‘Ligma’ and ‘Johnson’ were likely imposters, removing any direct mention of the hoaxers.
Turns out “Rahul Ligma” was not actually fired from Twitter, but instead was just some…
