‘Richard G. West,’ the fake reporter from the Jordan Burns story, is back in the news with fake tweets about GameDay
"West" tweeted a 2016 photo as proof "Tennessee students have already began to get their spot" for ESPN's College GameDay.
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Fake reporter tweeted that Colgate’s Jordan Burns missed a flight and took an Uber, fooled CBS and Burns’ mom
A fake reporter account that's been around since December got almost 10,000 likes for a false report of a Colgate player missing a flight, a report subsequently picked up by some CBS local sites. That report even fooled the player's mom.