Ok, it’s April 2 now, and we can get back to normal (or what passes for normal in our bizarre world). And, for better or for worse, we can say goodbye to two online spoofs that had some people going on Wednesday, April 1, April Fool’s Day.
One of them was the announcement of state Representative Antonio Parkinson for Memphis Mayor. Before “Two-Shay” pulled the rug out from under one Facebook post with another that debunked it (read ‘em bottom to top), a lot of people were taking his entry into the mayoral race seriously. And why shouldn’t they, considering how full-up the field is getting to be?
And then there were the following stinker, also on Facebook, that appeared to be a legit news story about yet another postponement of the opening of the Bass Pro Pyramid (which, as this writing, is still due to take place at the very end of this month).
Who’d a thunk that former Shelby County Commissioner and U of M law professor Steve Mulroy had newswrite down like that? And haven’t we seen variants of that story for real at six-month or so intervals over the past few years.
