The Mooch Apparently Thinks Parody North Korea Twitter Account Is The Real Deal

The Mooch Apparently Thinks Parody North Korea Twitter Account Is The Real Deal

Oh, Mooch.

It would appear that short-lived White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is the latest person to be fooled by the brilliant North Korea parody account @DPRK_News. On Friday, the frequent cable news guest and passionate Trump loyalist took to Twitter to call on North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to get back to the negotiating table in the wake of President Trump calling off next month’s peace summit, tagging DPRK News.

Of course, folks on Twitter noticed this right away and tweaked the former White House spokesperson over the faux pas.

To be fair, Mooch is far from the only one who has fallen for the infamous account and thought it represented the North Korean government’s state-run media agency. Last July, the New York Times included a tweet from DPRK News in a story about North Korea’s first ICBM launch, later issuing a correction.

Justin Baragona

Justin Baragona is the founder/publisher of Contemptor and a contributor to The Daily Beast. He was previously the Cable News Correspondent for Mediaite and prior to starting Contemptor, he worked on the editorial staff of PoliticusUSA. During that time, he had his work quoted by USA Today and BBC News, among others. Justin began his published career as a political writer for 411Mania. He resides in St. Louis, MO with his wife and pets.

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