If you were the most wanted man in America, would you set up a Twitter account and start tweeting from it?<\/p>\n
Probably not. Which is why this<\/a> Twitter account purporting to be posted by Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is almost certainly fake:<\/p>\n\n\n I will kill you all as you killed my brother<\/p>\n — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (@Dzhokhar_A) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will kill you @boston_police<\/a><\/p>\n — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (@Dzhokhar_A) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @boston_police<\/a>I will kill you all as you killed my brother Tamerlan<\/p>\n — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (@Dzhokhar_A) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> I will kill you all as you killed my brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev #watertown<\/a><\/p>\n — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (@Dzhokhar_A) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @boston_police<\/a> I will kill you all as you killed my brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev #watertown<\/a> one killed i think one injured;;;; gooooo hell<\/p>\n — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (@Dzhokhar_A) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> вас всех убьем, как вы убили моего брата Тамерлана Царнаев # Watertown один убит, я думаю, один ранен,,,, иди к черту<\/p>\n — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (@Dzhokhar_A) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> The likely-phony account was mentioned on the Boston Police Department scanner:<\/p>\n\n\n Twitter account cited by scanner appears fake, created today: @dzhokhar_a<\/a> (thanks @jaredbkeller<\/a>)<\/p>\n — Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> The @dzhokhar_a<\/a> must be considered fake until confirmed by law enforcement. Seems amateurish, but being treated seriously on scanner.<\/p>\n — Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> .@dzhokhar_a<\/a> is probably fake, but they were reading its tweets on the police scanner<\/p>\n — Jared Adler (@jaredadler) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> We are also seeing reports that some MSM outlets cited the account as if it were legitimate.<\/p>\n\n\n And FoxNews just played police scanner quoting that account. RT @jtlol<\/a>: Do everybody a favor and spamblock the hoax account @dzhokhar_a<\/a>.<\/p>\n — RedBrightandTrue (@RedBrightandTru) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> Dear @foxnews<\/a>, @cnn<\/a>, @msnbc<\/a>, @abcnews<\/a>, @nbcnews<\/a>, @cbsnews<\/a>, et al.: @dzhokhar_a<\/a> is a hoax account. Please stop.<\/p>\n — Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> RT if you agree: The media should stop quoting the hoax account @dzhokhar_a<\/a>.<\/p>\n — Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Anything is possible but we would be very surprised if this account turns out to be real.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Update:<\/p>\n CNN talked to police officers who think the account is legit?<\/p>\n\n\n @michellemalkin<\/a> CNN just said they heard from officers that is him on twitter.<\/p>\n — Boston For Angie! (@BostonForAngie) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> We’re still skeptical (it’s CNN, after all), but like we said, anything is possible.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Update:<\/p>\n Here’s another “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev” account:<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dzhokhar_<\/a><\/p>\n This one also appears to be fake.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n FYI: @dzhokhar_<\/a> is a fake account. It used to look like this: twitter.com\/c_heller\/statu…<\/a><\/p>\n — Chris Heller (@c_heller) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> Also fake. Used to be @footytube_<\/a> ~ just changed profile. RT @youranonnews<\/a>: Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev’s real twitter account -@dzhokhar_<\/a><\/p>\n — Zach Green (@140elect) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Update:<\/p>\n One of Tsarnaev’s high school classmates told BuzzFeed that this is the suspect’s Twitter account<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n CONFIRMED: @j_tsar<\/a> Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Actual Twitter Account buzzfeed.com\/ryanhatesthis\/…<\/a><\/p>\n — Ryan Broderick (@ryanpbroderick) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> CNN confirms:<\/p>\n\n\n CNN says friends of second suspect who follow him on Twitter confirm this is his account: @j_tsar<\/a><\/p>\n — Evan Hill (@evanchill) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> CNN apparently say they have confirmed @j_tsar<\/a> is the real Twitter account of Dzhokar Tsarnaev.<\/p>\n — Harry (@_harry91) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Hmm:<\/p>\n\n\n I just called the phone # on Tsarnaev’s Twitter account: “The person you are trying to reach is not accepting calls at this time.”<\/p>\n — Chris Moody (@Chris_Moody) April 19, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Does suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appear in this image tweeted from the account?<\/p>\n\n\n Place your bets twitter.com\/J_tsar\/status\/…<\/a><\/p>\n — Jahar (@J_tsar) March 16, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> For now, we continue to take this with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n Update:<\/p>\n ‘I’m a stress free kind of guy’: Chilling tweets from reported account of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev<\/a><\/p>\n Related:<\/p>\n Ongoing Twitchy coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and the hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev<\/a>.<\/p> Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/04\/19\/were-pretty-sure-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-is-not-tweeting\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Dzhokhar_A\/status\/325210633358434304 If you were the most wanted man in America, would you set up a Twitter account and start tweeting from it? 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