With the trading deadline counting down Thursday, the MLB Network briefly fell for a fake story published on Twitter about the Tampa Bay Rays trading David Price and Ben Zobrist to the Detroit Tigers. The worst part: Ken Rosenthal, the reporter being used in the fake tweet, was in the studio as host Matt Yallof read the bogus trade on the air.
OMFG! #MLBNetwork just got trolled! Isn't he sitting in your studio? http://ift.tt/1qsUOjF
— Waiver Wire Warrior (@WaiverWarrior) July 31, 2014 There's a line in "Anchorman" befitting of this moment: "Ron Burgundy will read anything that is put on that teleprompter. Anything!"
As the network went to commercial, the tweet was dismissed as fake, and the real Ken Rosenthal (who also reports for Fox Sports), took to Twitter to stop the disinformation from spreading:
This is a fake. Block him. RT @Ken_Rosenthal_: Sources: #Tigers close to finalizing deal with #Rays involving David Price and Ben Zobrist.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 31, 2014 Hey, tell that to your own network!
Rosenthal also showed up on TV just to prove the real guy was out there, working on vetting actual rumors and not faking stories:
A likely story. In the meantime, don't fall for fake Twitter accounts like @KenRosenthai or @KenRosentall or @KenRosenthralled.
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David Brown is an editor for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at rdbrown@yahoo-inc.com and follow him on Twitter!
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