It’s time to write the next chapter in the growing political tome, “The Trouble With Twitter.”
Eric Fehrnstrom, adviser to both Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), apparently outed himself as the man behind @CrazyKhazei, a Twitter feed that mocks Alan Khazei, the former City Year executive and founder of Be The Change who’s running to take on Brown in next year’s election. (Readers may know the race as the one progressives really want Elizabeth Warren to run in.)
Fehrnstrom, it appears, sent a tweet intended for @CrazyKhazei from his personal account, thus making him the latest person to press the wrong button on a Twitter app and find himself, er, exposed.
The blog BlueMass first noticed the tweet. Politico’s Ben Smith noted that the @CrazyKhazei feed was created by Brown’s campaign team.
The Boston Globe picked up the story:
That can often happen when a person with multiple accounts chooses the wrong distribution channel on social media aggregation software such as HootSuite or TweetDeck.
“I’m excited to announce that Cindy Creem is the newest hire at my charity, Be the Change,” read the tweet posted by @EricFehrn at 8:05 p.m.
The post would seem to pivot off a Globe story Monday noting Khazei, founder of “City Year” and “Be the Change,” had hired his brother Lance to work for the latter charity.
Fehrnstrom did not respond to the Globe, nor did he immediately respond to a request for comment from TPM.
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