Rolling Stone political writer Matt Taibbi had major wishful thinking Tuesday when he thought DNC superstar Sarah Silverman had promoted his story.
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A parody account posing as Silverman — @SaraSilverman — was indeed pushing Taibbi’s story and sounded exactly like something the real comedian might say.
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Taibbi was all flattered.
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That is, until he learned that this was not the actual Sarah Silverman complimenting his journalism. To his credit, he owned up to the me-ified flub.
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