A fake Plain Dealer Twitter account, @ClevPlainDealer, sprouted up today to spread news that Chip Kelly had signed a five-year contract with the Browns:
Breaking Cleveland Browns News…Chip Kelly agrees to 5-year contract to coach the #Browns, details to follow!
— ClevPlainDealer (@ClevPlainDealer) January 4, 2013
It was untrue, but the account’s lone tweet garnered dozens of retweets following publication.
The PD’s Mary Kay Cabot confirmed via Twitter nearly simultaneously that the Browns’ interview with Kelly is presently under way.
#Browns interview with Chip Kelly in Arizona is underway, reports @marcsesslernfl.
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) January 4, 2013
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This article appears in Jan 2-8, 2013.
I love idiots.
Thats kinda funny!!!
Some mouthbreathers were totally eating it with a spoon!!!