Marrying Shashi Tharoor? Mehr Tarar slams Twitterati for believing parody account

Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar took on trolls for falling for a parody account that claimed she is soon to marry Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.

By: Trends Desk

New Delhi | Updated: August 13, 2018 06:57 AM IST

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The account, barely a few days old, has just 11 tweets, this one being the second.

Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar took on trolls for falling for a parody account that claimed she is soon to marry Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. “#Breaking : Wedding bells for #ShashiTharoor all set to marry #MehrTarar in Dubai.-Sources” — a twitter handle @CNNNewsI8 had tweeted.

Quoting the fake tweet, Tarar said: “What’s hilarious is that people have actually reacted to a news from a parody account with 66 followers. Amazing what people are ready to believe these days without even basic verification…”

The account, barely a few days old, has just 11 tweets (at the time of publishing), this one being the second. After Tarar tweeted, it changed its handle to @CNNNews69 and fixed its bio to read: ‘Complete Parody, Fake, Not associated with any News or CNN News 18’ The user also retweeted Tarar’s tweet, hoping no lawsuits comes its way.