Fake publisher says Chicago Tribune is killing its print edition on New Year’s Eve
Chicago Tribune social media manager Amy Guth tweeted this today:
Today a FB user pretending to be @twhunter posted inaccurate info re the future of @chicagotribune‘s print edition. We regret any confusion.
— Amy Guth (@amyguth) October 31, 2012
She’s referring to this Facebook message posted by someone posing as Tribune publisher Tony Hunter.
The fake Tony Hunter page was still up at last check. I’ve asked Guth for comment. | UPDATE: A day later, the page remains online with many commenters apparently believing they’re responding to the real publisher.
UPDATE II: “We put in the request w FB to take down the page yesterday,” the Tribune’s Guth emails on Thursday morning.
The reader comments to the fake Tony Hunter profile are dispiriting, but also instructive in their own sad way. facebook.com/tony.hunter.16…
— Luke Seemann (@tribluke) November 1, 2012
