13 Year Old Conservative Star C.J. Pearson Likely Lied About Being Blocked
On Thursday afternoon, 13-year old CJ Pearson warned his 43,900 followers not to believe what they read. The black Georgia teenager, whose activism and online success had made him a youth outreach chairman for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), had been trading messages with a reporter for Glenn Beck's news site, The Blaze. Oliver Darcy, a reporter for the site, was asking Pearson to prove -- as he had claim, to great viral attention -- that President Barack Obama had truly blocked him on Twitter. In lieu of proof, Pearson was calling for help.
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Nothing came of either story, though, and Pearson started this week with more visibility than ever. A spokesman for the Republican National Committee tweeted that he'd "love to discuss" a speaking role for Pearson. Business Insider upgraded him from a rising star to a "leading 13-year old pundit." And then, Pearson tweeted what he claimed was a screenshot of @BarackObama blocking his account.
At first, no one questioned this. Twitchy, the conservative site that aggregates Twitter wars, reported that the White House was "afraid of a 13-year-old boy." The Daily Caller manner-of-factly reported that Pearson had been blocked, as did Breitbart, as did other conservative news sites. White House assistant press secretary Frank Benenati swiftly tweeted that Pearson was wrong, and that "nobody is or has ever been blocked from the @POTUS twitter account." That sent skeptics looking for cases where the account had blocked hostile accounts, and it inspired a new video from Pearson -- which would be viewed half a million times -- denouncing the White House for lying about him.
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But other online sleuths could tell that something was off. First, a subsequent Pearson tweet revealed that he was still following @BarackObama. Second, there was no timestamp or external information on the tweet, and the kerning on the standard text "learn more" was skewed. Coincidentally, a popular parody account had previous tweeted an identical image (now deleted) of an Obama "blocking," with the same kerning.
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The really sad part about this story is that it seems this kid has told many lies. Maybe many 13 year olds tell many lies, but it is sad to see someone so young telling so many lies. I just do not expect kids that young to tell so many lies. If they do lie, I would expect them to lie about candy, homework, and tests. I really do not expect them to tell the types of lies he was and is telling. Maybe I just do not know, or understand 13 year olds.
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and here I thought the GOP was anti-intellectual. 
