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‘Joan Didion’ Fools Wall Street Journal

by Perry Stein

07.11.13 | 10:12 am

A parody account of author Joan Didion tricked the Wall Street Journal into thinking it was real, resulting in this awesome correction:

[Correction: An earlier version of this story said the @JoanDidion account was the author’s actual account. It is a parody. The article has been updated.]

The rather meta-tweets from the clearly labeled parody twitter handle, were about why the author hates Twitter and is going to quit using it. Here is a cached version of the Journal’s original article before it made the correction.

And the tweets:

my last full day on twitter
— Joan Didion (@JoanDidion) July 11, 2013

im quitting twitter because, on twitter, bad guys always win
— Joan Didion (@JoanDidion) July 11, 2013

im quitting twitter because i can’t connect with my fans in a meaningful way here
— Joan Didion (@JoanDidion) July 11, 2013

im quitting twitter because celebrity culture is the opposite of book culture – books are supposed to make us feel ok about being alone

— Joan Didion (@JoanDidion) July 11, 2013

im quitting twitter because there’s no way to communicate meaningfully without context

— Joan Didion (@JoanDidion) July 11, 2013

im quitting twitter because i don’t understand how twitter helps anyone do anything

— Joan Didion (@JoanDidion) July 11, 2013

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Perry Stein Perry is a News Writer for Talking Points Memo based in Washington D.C. Prior to TPM, she was a reporter-research at The New Republic and worked for her hometown paper, The Miami Herald. Perry can be reached at perry@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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