March 4, 2011
At this point, I'm sure most people, at least in Chicago, know about the "spoof" Rahm Emanuel Twitter account, @MayorEmanuel. With a couple thousand tweets, and over 42k followers, the account was a commentary on the very important mayoral race in Chicago. It was profane, funny to many, and entirely fictional. Just this Monday, its proprietor, journalism professor Dan Sinker, unveiled himself and it got a lot of people pissed off, notably Jim DeRogatis and Steve Rhodes, respected Chicago journalists.
