The Paper's reporter Nan Boyi intern Wang Zhaolong
Recently, a Twitter account called "Reuters" posted that former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died mysteriously at home, which soon caused quite a stir on Twitter and Chinese networks.
In fact, this so-called "Reuters" is actually a fake account with only more than a hundred fans, and "Gorbachev's death" is also nonsense, and no authoritative media has ever published such news. Makoto has about 23.7 million followers." Reuters' Twitter account also did not post the above information.
On September 12, the fake "Reuters" also replied in a tweet: "At two o'clock in the afternoon of MOUNTAIN TIME in the United States, the former Soviet leader was found dead in his Russian home, and many Pizza Hut pizza boxes were found in his house. In the comments section, many people said that they "almost believed it", "this is the third time he has passed away", and some Twitter users pointed out: "Except for Pizza Hut, this fake news looks like that." ”
In a short film in which Gorbachev shot an ad for Pizza Hut in 1997, he went to Pizza Hut for pizza, and the people in the store quickly recognized the former Soviet leader and began to argue about whether Gorbachev brought opportunity and freedom, or political and economic turmoil. At the end of the advertisement, an old woman interrupts the quarrel, saying that it is because of Gorbachev that everyone can eat Pizza Hut.
The above-mentioned "Reuters" account profile shows that although the avatar and name of Reuters were fraudulently used, the account was not authenticated, it was actually a "parody account", and it was registered in June this year, and has published a total of 11 tweets and has more than 100 followers. This is not the first time the account has posted fake news to tease netizens, tweeting in July that the Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the United States, no longer recognizes Israel's sovereignty. At that time, a Twitter user commented: "Maybe it will come true one day, but this account is not authenticated, and it has just been registered." ”
Born in 1931, Gorbachev witnessed many historical moments, and it is not the first time that he has been misunderstood and died at the age of 90. The former Soviet leader last appeared in the media on August 17 this year, when he said in an interview with the Russian News Agency (RIA) about the situation in Afghanistan that the U.S. and NATO military operations in Afghanistan were doomed from the start.
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