Parody Cormac McCarthy Twitter account gets verified 'by mistake'

McCarthy, 88, rarely speaks to the press and has no known presence on social media
Parody Cormac McCarthy Twitter account gets verified 'by mistake'

Cormac McCarthy

Tue, 03 Aug, 2021 - 07:38
Hillel Italie, Associated Press

An officially verified Twitter account for media-shy US author Cormac McCarthy has turned out to be fake.

“The account referenced was verified by mistake and that has since been reversed,” a Twitter spokesperson told the Associated Press on Monday.

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