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Died again
Rumors about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev were again spread on Twitter.
A rumor spread on Twitter about the death of the first president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev. Despite the fact that this is not the first time such rumors have arisen out of the blue, some again believed them before official reports. But Gorbachev is still alive.
The death message appeared on an account signed by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
A terrible news. Former Soviet President M.S. Gorbachev dies fiew minutes ago.
— FWSteinmeier (@MinFWSteinmeier) December 17, 2013
Despite the fact that there were only two tweets on his account, the first of which was written just five hours earlier, quite a few people believed the sad message.
Let's all wildly believe the account created a few hours ago.
— Sultan Suleymanov (@sult) December 17, 2013
No. I don’t want to believe... @MinFWSteinmeier A terrible news. Former Soviet President MS Gorbachev dies fiew minutes ago.
— Vladimir Varfolomeev (@Varfolomeev) December 17, 2013
Блин :( RT @MinFWSteinmeier : A terrible news. Former Soviet President M.S. Gorbachev dies fiew minutes ago.
— iPrizrak (@iPrizrak) December 17, 2013
Gorbachev, don’t you dare, not today
— Ivan Kolpakov (@kolpakov) December 17, 2013
Gorbachev died again
— The same Ternovsky (@dternovskiy) December 17, 2013
Kashin started calling, but Gorbachev did not answer the phone.
Kashin, call.
— Anton Increasingly (@anton increasingly) December 17, 2013
For some time, the situation was escalated by the fact that Gorbachev continued not to pick up the phone, and no denials of his death appeared.
Wow, now it's busy.
— Kashin, Kashin, Kashin (@KSHN) December 17, 2013 Doesn't take it again(
— Kashin, Kashin, Kashin (@KSHN) December 17, 2013 There were also those who did not believe the report of death.
Rule of good journalism N1: Believe everything written on the Internet
— Knight provocateur (@igap) December 17, 2013
Instead of beeps, Gorbachev should record the phrase “You can’t wait!”
— Nicotinka with Eyebrows (@Yoghikitt) December 17, 2013
Meanwhile, the account of the “German minister” admitted that it was fake: its author turned out to be Italian journalist Tomasso Debeneditti, who is known for this kind of “frame-up”. Debeneditti openly admitted that he created fake accounts of various world leaders in order to deceive the media into publishing untruths.
This account is hoax created by Italian journalist Tommasso Debenedetti
— FWSteinmeier (@MinFWSteinmeier) December 17, 2013
Finally Kashin got through. His assistant Vladimir Polyakov also denied rumors about Gorbachev’s death.
- Why are you calling from such a number? - And now I live in Geneva, remember, you and Reagan agreed here. - Wow, that sounds so good!
— Kashin, Kashin, Kashin (@KSHN) December 17, 2013
Although Gorbachev is healthy and the jokes about the rumor about his death are even funny in some places, it’s all a little sad: just like in that story about the boy who cried “Wolf!”, one day no one will believe the news about his death.
Gorbachev is alive again.
— Anton Increasingly (@anton increasingly) December 17, 2013
Oleg Kashin does not allow Mikhail Gorbachev to die. Very cool story
— Andrey Kozenko (@akozenko) December 17, 2013
@Moscow_advokat called Paul Walker, and he was driving...
— correktor (18+) (@correktor) December 17, 2013
Walk down the street and yell into the phone - Mikhail Sergeevich, I love you very much! - priceless.
— Kashin, Kashin, Kashin (@KSHN) December 17, 2013
One day Gorbachev will die, Kashin will tweet, but no one will believe it :(
— Mad Typewriter (@userpig) December 17, 2013
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