IN THE EARLY hours of this morning, The Apprentice star Alan Sugar was scrolling down his Twitter timeline, when he spotted a news story from American satire website The Onion.
The headline, referencing Kanye West’s recent behaviour on Twitter, read:
Taylor Swift Grateful Kanye West Controversy Taking Heat Off New Swastika Tattoo.
As if the headline is not ridiculous enough, the tweet featured a photograph of Taylor Swift with a swastika photoshopped onto her face. Taylor Swift is the very last person in the world who you’d expect to get a face tattoo of any kind.
Sugar was shocked by the tweet, and shared it to his profile asking people to explain why Taylor Swift would do such a thing.
To make things even worse, many of Sugar’s followers also thought the tweet was real and accused Taylor Swift of being an attention seeker.
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This is a very important lesson on fake news.
