WestVirginiaRebel Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Fox News One of the most entertaining "excerpts" circulated from Michael Wolff's explosive tell-all was a passage describing President Trump supposedly watching a “gorilla channel” for hours on end. The excerpt, of course, was a parody and wasn't actually from the “Fire and Fury” book. But it managed to fool plenty of Trump critics anyway, with an MSNBC contributor and others initially appearing to treat the passage as legit. The “Fire and Fury” fake-out clearly exploited an environment where journalists were hastily tweeting excerpts as they devoured the salacious book filled with alleged anecdotes of aides trashing the president and Trump himself munching through cheeseburgers in his bedroom while glued to multiple TVs. Amid the firestorm, Twitter user @pixelatedboat sent out the spoof excerpt Thursday. View image on Twitter the gorilla channel thing is a joke@pixelatedboat Wow, this extract from Wolff’s book is a shocking insight into Trump’s mind: 9:07 PM - Jan 4, 2018 3,4133,413 Replies 18,16118,161 Retweets 59,49859,498 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy The wild tale involves White House staff appeasing Trump’s demands for a “gorilla channel” by compiling footage of the combative apes, only for them to have to edit it further as Trump complained that they weren't fighting enough. The story finished with a Wolff-style quote from an “insider." “‘On some days he’ll watch the gorilla channel for 17 hours straight,’ an insider told me. ‘He kneels in front of the TV, with his face about four inches from the screen, and says encouraging things to the gorillas, like ‘the way you hit that other gorilla was good.’ I think he thinks the gorillas can hear him.’” Yet the tall tale was picked up by some credulous Trump trashers. MSNBC contributor Scott Dworkin circulated the ancedote, mocking Trump. He later deleted it, but it was preserved here. He later said he wasn't fooled at all. Scott Dworkin ✔@funder I didn’t “get fooled” into tweeting this & deleting it. I didn’t put *satire* at the end so I deleted then didn’t repost. If you think that’s news, I feel sorry for you. The saddest part is this COULD be true, because Trump is this insane, probably moreso. Still hilarious. https://twitter.com/pixelatedboat/status/949100087350710272 … 3:12 PM - Jan 5, 2018 116116 Replies 121121 Retweets 377377 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Eric Garland, who came up with the now infamous phrase, “Guys it’s time for some game theory” admitted that he got “totally punked” by the tweet. View image on Twitter (((Yair Rosenberg))) ✔@Yair_Rosenberg This is going to shock you but Eric Garland fell for that satirical Trump book excerpt about him wanting a Gorilla TV channel 1:19 PM - Jan 5, 2018 1616 Replies 4949 Retweets 184184 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy “...ut when you've already gotten to "eating KFC in bed," I mean, we're through the looking glass,” he qualified, before changing his profile to “CEO of the Gorilla Channel” in an apparent act of self-mockery. Eric Garland ✔@ericgarland Dammit guys, I got totally punked on the Gorilla Channel thing - but when you've already gotten to "eating KFC in bed," I mean, we're through the looking glass. Thanks to all who called me out. We keep it clean and Deza-free at Game Theory HQ. 1:16 PM - Jan 5, 2018 251251 Replies 155155 Retweets 1,3341,334 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy New York Times journalist Farhad Manjoo was unimpressed by the spoof, after initially asking whether or not it was real. He said such jokes are “making things worse.” Farhad Manjoo (feat. Drake) ✔@fmanjoo Don’t tweet screenshots of fake text (of book excerpts, court transcripts, etc) even as a joke. You’re making things worse. The jokes just don’t work in a partisan-echo-chamber-feed world where everything is divorced from context and authorship. Also they’re not funny 1:23 PM - Jan 5, 2018 525525 Replies 176176 Retweets 793793 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy The gaffes quickly led other commentators to enjoy the moment and meme it up a little. View image on Twitter Peter Suderman ✔@petersuderman "And I tried to tell the producer that we didn't want to fight, and it didn't matter what the president wanted." 10:55 PM - Jan 4, 2018 2525 Replies 532532 Retweets 2,1632,163 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy neontaster @neontaster Haha you guys, I totally fell for the tweet about Trump eating babies from the "Funny fake tweets" account, but what do you expect? Everything sounds plausible now. Anyway back to my totally sane thread about the chip Putin planted in Trump's head. /142 1:25 PM - Jan 5, 2018 1616 Replies 259259 Retweets 930930 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy By Friday afternoon, @pixelatedboat had changed his Twitter name to “the gorilla channel thing is a joke” just in case. ________ The actual book isn't that much different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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