Twitter Troll Tricks Fox News Into Thinking Colin Kaepernick is Back in the NFL

toaster_strudel Published 04/09/2020 in Funny

Colin Kaepernick is trending on twitter after a parody sports center account posted that he got signed.

Twitter just got trolled hard. A parody ESPN Sports Center account going by the name SuperToughScene aka 'Barry McCockiner' tweeted out today that the New York Jets signed QB Colin Kaepernick to a 1 year / $9 million contract. They even included that the source was notable NFL insider Adam Schefter.

JUST IN: The New York Jets have signed free agent QB Colin Kaepernick to a 1 year / $9 million contract.

(via @AdamSchefter) pic.twitter.com/bXSZSQLtwH
— SportsCenter (@SuperToughScene) April 9, 2020

A Fox affiliate in North Carolina picked up the story and posted online before quickly taking it down. However, there are always screenshots.

North Carolina's Fox8 wrote a story about Colin Kaepernick getting signed from a parody account.

Scrrenshot from the Fox8 story on the fake Colin Kaepernick signing.

The former chair of the DNC also got trolled.

Donna Brazile tweet about the fake Colin Kaepernick story.

Kaepernick hasn't played in three seasons after refusing to stand for the National Anthem. He did have a tryout recently in Atlanta, but the hopes of him ever wearing an NFL jersey again are slim to none. Twitter is having an absolute field day about this, however.

Me when legit news sources post that Colin Kaepernick got signed to the Jets only to discover the story was created by a fake sportscenter twitter account. Y’all really don’t do work to verify shit, you just run with it like everyone else who depends on trending topics for news. pic.twitter.com/HcfTZl7gxq
— WellTheTruthIs (@truth_well) April 9, 2020

A Sportscenter parody account tweeted that Colin Kaepernick was signed to the Jets.

Took 1.8 seconds to see that it was a parody account, yet thousands of people shared it. Some professional news media even reported on it!

Huge example of how quick misinformation spreads
— Patrick Scott Patterson (@OriginalPSP) April 9, 2020

I came this close to tweeting about Colin Kaepernick pic.twitter.com/dSnXzVJ0jE
— Mac Johnson (@mac___78) April 9, 2020

My reaction when I saw Colin Kaepernick was trending due to a fake tweet about a deal with the Jets. pic.twitter.com/nPSEIxZBin
— Dave (@davesjotd) April 9, 2020

Roger Goodell heading to his office to verify why Colin Kaepernick is trending pic.twitter.com/xXiHog5dC4
— okayroque (@okayroque) April 9, 2020

No One:

Parody Account: Posts Colin Kaepernick has been signed.

Kaepernick Supporters: pic.twitter.com/w6U2wBrqvg
— sports, but better (@Electric_Takes) April 9, 2020

JUST IN: Joe Biden has selected free agent QB Colin Kaepernick as his running mate. (via @JimAcosta) pic.twitter.com/d05CRxKgaP
— CNN (@CNN_4YOU) April 9, 2020

This all comes just a day after the same account posted this yesterday.

BREAKING: Former NFL MVP Cam Newton has agreed to a 1 year / $5 million deal with the New England Patriots.

(via @AdamSchefter) pic.twitter.com/uo8aFIsftK
— SportsCenter (@SuperToughScene) April 8, 2020

This tweet tho.

Here is the funny thing about this tweet. The amount of ppl who were already to give the Jets their loyalty because they thought they signed Colin #Kaepernick is crazy. Now you can actually see in real time the NFL would have never lost with Kaep being back on the field https://t.co/MyLNgE65BR
— Nayely (@NayelySpring910) April 9, 2020